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Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire

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katieinca's review against another edition

4.0

Liked: that people who suffered some hard stuff in the last book aren't just magically okay. They have trauma to deal with. I appreciate when, even though this is a completely fantastical universe and rules about things like distance and healing can be worked around with magic, McGuire puts so much humanity into her characters.
Didn't like: this was a hard book on Toby, and vicariously hard on my because of that. Also the plot was a little skippy. As in, we kept galloping through, and then at the end looking back we were a little confused about how we got to the end.

accidentalspaceexplorer's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Fascinating changes at the end of the book - really looking forward to The Unkindest Tide now.

practisingmothman's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

nhonami's review against another edition

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4.0

I really don't like how the entire background of something is rehashed regardless of it's relevance to the plot. Sometimes in this series, it seems like things are included in the plot just for the joy of halting the plot for exposition.

willowmariemanning's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

kleonard's review

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5.0

This series just gets better and better. In this newest installment, faerie knight October Daye deals with the estrangement of her lover, the kidnap of her daughter (yes, again, but wait--it's actually ok and not totally trite!), and learning some new family history. Although the kidnapping of Gillian, Daye's daughter, was a previous plot point, in this episode the kidnap leads to changes in Daye's world that I never expected and that work remarkably well with the series universe and previous plotlines. We also get introduced to a new character who begins as a threat and becomes...a possible future ally, and we get lots of the Luidaeg, who is one of the best characters in any fantasy world.