Reviews tagging 'War'

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

138 reviews

the_bees_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-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

4.25

For fans of The Priory of the Orange Tree, diverse fantasy worlds and sword weilding dragon riders, too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Xenophobia, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Vomit

aas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

readingelli's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-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: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

Forced pregnancy

elesapphicbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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 just love so much the world samantha shannon has created and it’s just superb and amazing and even though i’m still crying writing this, i need everyone to read this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and War

darkefyres's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, and War

introverted_reads's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

boba_nbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

I wish I could stay in this world forever. To say I loved this book is an understatement. It’s definitely going to be in my top 5 of the year and maybe of all time.

Shannon pulls you right into this world and keeps you engrossed in it to the bitter end. I loved learning more about the history of this world and the predecessors of the MCs in The Priory of the Orange Tree. This standalone prequel is definitely more gay and has more dragons, and that just made this book even better. Now I want to reread Priory knowing all of the history from A Day of Fallen Night. 

All this being said—read this book. If you love high fantasy, dragons, court politics, strong female MCs, and opposing religious beliefs, this is the book and world for you. Samantha Shannon, I sincerely hope you write about this world again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

stacyaj's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

bookishrn93's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

Ead (Priory) still owns my soul. 

Wulf and Dumai now own my heart. 

This series has a chokehold on me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

eegekay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War