Book Review of The Tower of fools by Andrzej Sapkowski

Name of Book: The Tower of fools

Author: Andrzej Sapkowski 

ISBN: 9780316423694

Publisher: Orbit 

Part of a Series: the hussite trilogy  

Type of book: Poland, 1420s, fantasy, foiled love, family, reputation, religion, Latin tongue, church, anachronistic women, wealth, middle class 

Year it was published: 2020 ( original 2002) 

Summary:

Characters:

The three main characters are Reynavan, Scharlie and Samson. Reynavan is a healer who does witch type magic. He is also a philanderer who often thinks more with his heart and passion rather than logic. Scharlie is definitely a favorite character. He is creative, intelligent and loyal. He is full of surprises. Samson Hineypot is also a fascinating and lovable character who is otherworldly and who is best known for strength and religious knowledge, although all three have that in spades and more. 

Theme:

I read it from cover to cover, but no idea what lesson i should have gathsred from it

 
Plot:

The story is in third person narrative from what seems to be everyone's point of view. There is a lot going on, from religion to personal quests to politics to the world as well as foiled romance. What I would guess is important is the quest for Reynavans lady love and rumblings of religion. The positive parts for me are the characters of Scharlie the Penintent and Samson Honeypott. The female characters, in particular in roles of anachronistic women were also fun. To me the story seemed all over the place, and it made it hard to focus and enjoy on a central plot. Also, I couldnt understand most of the Latin language used. And Latin was used in majority of the story. The magic parts were also cool as well. 

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Opinion:

I really liked the third book, Light Perpetual, a sequel, so I decided to go back and read the prequels, namely The Tower of Fools in this instance, and most unfortunately, it was not a book for me. My main complaint is that it messed up with my ADHD because I had no idea what was important and what was going on! There was a whole lot going on. I also would have appreciated a character list because there are too many characters to be able to keep track in ones head, and I had issues figuring out who's who. Also, much to realism, there is anti-Judaism ( 1420s?) And I loved the chapter headings which gave us some comedy. My other complaint? Way too much Latin, and it's not a translated Latin either. There are also plot lines that in this book have little to no connection. 

This was given for review 

1 out of 5
(0: Stay away unless a masochist 1: Good for insomnia 2: Horrible but readable; 3: Readable and quickly forgettable, 4: Good, enjoyable 5: Buy it, keep it and never let it go.)