Ep. 112 — Chapter 7 (Part 1) from "Tower of Swallows"

About this episode

Alyssa Esteban discusses Chapter 7 of 'Tower of Swallows' with guests Madi and Sophia, exploring character insights and thematic elements.

Madi from the US and Sophia from Australia join Alyssa for our discussion of Andrzej Sapkowski's Tower of Swallows, Chapter 7. Very important bits include: a first timer's thoughts on the book series, parallels to previous guest appearances, doing "too good of a job" on the Witcher audiobooks, the flaminika's request, Geralt's humility, first impressions of Avallac'h, being on your "Aragorn bullshit", Avallac'h's… fascinations and centuries-long grudges. [0:00] Cold Open [0:46] Introduction [3:11] Guest Introductions [13:38] Chapter Recap [16:00] Overall Thoughts [20:53] Geralt's Humility [24:31] Avallac'h's First Impression [29:43] Avallac'h's Cave Paintings [34:00] Avallac'h, Lara, and Ciri [43:16] End Credits [43:59] Bonus: Booth Guests

People in this episode

Host: Alyssa Esteban

Guests: Madi, Sophia

Topics covered

• Andrzej Sapkowski
• Tower of Swallows
• Witcher audiobooks
• character analysis
• literary discussion

Keywords

• Tower of Swallows
• Witcher
• Andrzej Sapkowski
• Geralt
• Avallac'h
• literary analysis
• character development

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Tower of Swallows

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