theknightradiant 's review for:

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

3.75

adventurous dark emotional inspiring slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This book is fucking massive but still doesn’t feel very deep. The worldbuilding is great but not very entertaining. I found the first half very dull and the third quarter to start picking up but still very much a slog. This book didn’t pay off until the last 1/4 of the book and still is the payoff worth it? I don’t know. It was still good but I definitely feel this could be 200 pages shorter and be perfect. All in all it was a big bite to chew but not much flavor there. Kinda like the Burger King of fantasy, it’ll definitely leave you feeling full but was it very satisfying?