Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

138 reviews

fin_pilot's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Suicide

ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition

I loved Priory so this is super disappointing but am DNF-ing at 30%. Nothing is happening, it's so slow and I'm not enjoying reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

nat20charisma's review against another edition

4.75

I liked this much better than the Priory of the Orange Tree. I enjoyed following the characters from a young age and watching them grow up. My only issue with it was that it dragged a bit in the middle, but that’s to be expected with such a dense fantasy story. 

This was also a great pick to read for June! It had fantastic LGBTQ+ representation. 

I can’t decide if it’s better to read PotOT first or aDoFN. I think it could be read in either order, but there is a lot of discussion of the mother and the saint in this book that wouldn’t make sense unless you read Priory. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and War

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Suicide

itisnatal's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

Fabulous complex characters, great story beats that all wove together in a satisfying way, tense politics and awesome dragons. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death and Abandonment

Minor: Child death

bisexualwentworth's review against another edition

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 adored A Day of Fallen Night even more than The Priory of the Orange Tree. The world is even richer, the pacing is smoother, and the action scenes are longer and more vivid. I loved exploring this era of this world. I loved every single one of the POV characters. I loved the parallels between Glorian and Dumai, the connections between Tunuva and Wulf, the friendship between Wulf and Glorian, and so much more. Lesbians of different ages are both riding and slaying dragons in this one. The political intrigue is excellent. The religious/magical/mythological elements are still a focus, but I'd say there are the main focus in Priory, whereas in ADOFN, the main focus is on motherhood and on the role of women in society.

There is definitely a slightly dissonance between the queernormativity of the world and the emphasis on heteronormative continuations of bloodlines, but it didn't bother me much.

Personally, I would recommend reading this one first. I think Priory would hit harder that way. I look forward to a reread in chronological order later down the line when the rest of the series is out, though Shannon has stated that they will all be designed to work as standalones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gore, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Additional content warning for childbirth.

phoenixfire's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

atalea's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Body horror

cjbrimmer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

sophie221010's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

Favourite book of all time. Have read it twice now and it just keeps getting better. Funny, devastating and hopeful. Perfect read for anyone looking for a delicious read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic