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A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

50 reviews

annamorgan27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Blood, Animal death, War, Gore, Cursing, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Glorian Shieldheart what a fucking badass. I got literal chills during some of her scenes. I also appreciated that this book was even more gay than Priory. Truly iconic. The way that Shannon integrates a whole cast of different identities into these books is honestly inspiring. Because of the length of the book, some of the slow reveals really kept me invested. All in all, I’d love to keep reading from this world! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Violence, and War

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Gore, and Abandonment

Minor: Mental illness and Cannibalism

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Violence, Abandonment, Cursing, War, Suicide, and Pregnancy

shaipanda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

I LOVEDD THIS - I had it as my work book for like a month and while it wasn’t ideal in terms of getting interrupted during important scenes, it was great for having me actually make progress and not just put it down and forget to pick it up partway through 
While this wasn’t a book where I felt i absolutely needed to pick it up after work, it was incredibly well done and I absolutely loved the reading experience!! It also definitely made me wanna reread Priory :) 
Also Samantha Shannon does character development just so amazingly I love it  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Suicide

bookshelfmonkey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-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? Yes

4.75

 This was a great expansion on the world introduced in Priory. Going into it with a basic understanding of the worldbuilding definitely helped me get into it more smoothly and, as a result, the plot picked up quite quickly. Overall, this was an exciting fantasy book with a great combination of classic fantasy elements and original content, and the characters were great.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Blood, Death, Murder, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Gore

Minor: Suicide, Torture, Cannibalism, and Rape

thecheryl's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

The worldbuilding is just as lush and beautifully written as Priory. Glorian's character arc is everything I was hoping for. But there were a few things that I found disappointing.

- There were multiple story elements added that actively undermined the story elements of book one.

- It felt padded out in an attempt to make it as chunky as Priory, which really dragged out not only some of the story lines but also some of the character development.

- It took me most of the way through the book to put my finger on this, but Priory felt like Epic Fantasy with intricate characters included. Fallen Night felt like a book about the intricacies of the characters' lives in an epic fantasy setting. Neither is better than the other, but I wish that tone hadn't switched between books. 

This book was beautiful, I wish it hadn't spend so much time trying to foreshadow Priory and allude to what we all knew was going to happen. It should have been more confident standing on its own two feet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Sexual content

Moderate: Religious bigotry

_gess_reads_'s review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, War, Violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Religious bigotry and Suicide

jupitermond's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Animal death

Minor: Child death and Adult/minor relationship

malinhalia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Well-written fantasy with a clear grounding in actual medieval culture. Great world building - the religions not only have zealots but they are also believable characters acting according to their faith.

Deducting points on

clumsy enemies to lovers writing, very predictable good to evil character switch/plot twist, and some very wordy filler sections

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Child death

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: War

kristinv20's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

i went into this book with really high expectations because i loved priory, and it somehow managed to exceed them. the world feels so lush and fleshed out with the new countries that were important here, the characters are compelling (even the minor characters), and the plots were interwoven really nicely. the pacing is better than priory overall; i'd say this reads a lot like a Stormlight Archives book where the first 2/3 are an even mix between plot and character development and then the last third is just all action all the time. i also really loved how diverse the world felt, and how casually it was handled.
i loved it, i'll read literally anything Samantha Shannon decides to write in this world

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content