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boba_nbooks's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Moderate: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide
stacyaj's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War
bookishrn93's review against another edition
- 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
Wulf and Dumai now own my heart.
This series has a chokehold on me.
Graphic: Death and War
eegekay's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War
donatio's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
The characters and the world were well-fleshed-out, I came to care about them deeply. There were no plot holes and it set up Priory nicely.
The writing was beautiful, I only found that it was quite slow for me but towards the end it got better.
Representation of everyone (gender-equality, POC, LGBTQ, etc.) was there, just like it ought to be.
I loved the themes, motherhood, religion and duty, and how they were explored.
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Animal death
Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Alcohol
alexalily's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Suicide, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Alcohol
longstorysteph's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War
blubonby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent
bashsbooks's review against another edition
- 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
A short list of things I liked about this book:
- Always amuses me that Shannon not only made Fantasy Catholicism but also made it canonically false.
- Addition of nonbinary rep - including nonbinary titles! I love the terms Mastress and Lade.
- Addition of other trans rep - there are at least two trans men & just like the gay relationships, no one bats an eye at them.
- Thrit, I am emotionally invested in this secondary character, he is the best.
- Gay-on-gay-on-gay violence at one of the climaxes
where all the narrators run into each other.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cursing, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and Colonisation
Minor: Mental illness, Suicide, and Cannibalism
unboxedjack's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and War
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Kidnapping