Reviews

Lightfall: Shadow of the Bird, by Tim Probert

simonefb's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

5.0

leonieb8's review against another edition

5.0

Une suite monumentale, bien ficelée, pleine de rebondissements et avec les personnages qu’on appréciait déjà dans le premier tome et d’autres que l’on se plait à connaître: déjà hâte au prochain!

worlds_to_conquer's review

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

ladysharra's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

typewriter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A solid continuation of everything the first book sets up, with all the cute art you'd expect. I thought this book was more plot-focused and faster-paced than the first, but that might just be my memory deceiving me.

salomlamouette's review

adventurous funny hopeful relaxing

J’aime bieeeen

leslilas's review

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

4.25

tjwallace04's review against another edition

4.0

I really enjoyed both "The Girl and the Galdurian" and "Shadow of the Bird." The story is sweet and whimsical, and the artwork is lush and lovely. I love the character of Bea...and I loved seeing her grow in this second volume. One of my favorite things about these books is how Tim Probert's beautiful art visually represents Bea's anxieties as dark clouds wrapping stranglingly around her. In "Shadow of the Bird," we see Bea start to be able to control this darkness a little bit. The end is not exactly a cliffhanger (in the sense that my soul is going to ache with suspense until the third book comes out), but it is definitely left unresolved, and I am eager to see what direction the story takes next. It feels like it is setting up a possible interesting dynamic of a redeemable villain...

acidicorchid's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

A stellar second volume with more great art (those creatures designs are killer!), answers to questions raised in the first volume, even more questions going forward, and another cliffhanger that's left me positively yearning for the next installment.

I quite literally devoured this in a single sitting, I was so invested.

thekipling's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25