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A review by frantically
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon
adventurous
challenging
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
3.5
Such a well written and rich book, if a bit slow in pacing.
I'm probably in the minority here, in that I read this prequel before "Priory". It was available on my audiobook app and as Shannon said you could read it as a standalone, I did.
This is a world that is on levels with the ones created by classic High Fantasy authors like Tolkien or GRRM and you can tell so much love and thought was poured into this.
My main issue with this book is how long it takes for anything to happen. You either have to listen or read for a really long time before shit really starts to go down and I don't think I would've continued if I had been reading.
I loved how everything started to come together in the end and how we saw more and more outsider perspectives on our main characters. I especially loved Glorian's story and how carefully Inez (and also the Priory!) flipped modern gender roles and how that was handled.
There is an added interview with the author at the end and it was so fascinating to see her thoughts and how well she knew this world she'd created — there's so much potential!
It was hard to get into this book and the whole universe but now I'm more than ready to dive into "Priory" and hopefully won't have to get through much more world building 😅
I'm probably in the minority here, in that I read this prequel before "Priory". It was available on my audiobook app and as Shannon said you could read it as a standalone, I did.
This is a world that is on levels with the ones created by classic High Fantasy authors like Tolkien or GRRM and you can tell so much love and thought was poured into this.
My main issue with this book is how long it takes for anything to happen. You either have to listen or read for a really long time before shit really starts to go down and I don't think I would've continued if I had been reading.
I loved how everything started to come together in the end and how we saw more and more outsider perspectives on our main characters. I especially loved Glorian's story and how carefully Inez (and also the Priory!) flipped modern gender roles and how that was handled.
There is an added interview with the author at the end and it was so fascinating to see her thoughts and how well she knew this world she'd created — there's so much potential!
It was hard to get into this book and the whole universe but now I'm more than ready to dive into "Priory" and hopefully won't have to get through much more world building 😅
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Animal death, Child death, and Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content
Minor: Child death