Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

73 reviews

yikeslou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Samantha Shannon has done it again with a book I'll never be able to stop thinking about ever!!! I have too many screaming thoughts for a coherent review. But this was without question a 5 ⭐ epic with everything I've ever wanted in a fantasy novel: war, tragedy, comedy, found family, lesbian milf warriors, trans scientists, ace aro princesses with mommy issues, religious fervor, the SLOWEST BURN I'VE EVER READ... more to come as I wake sweating in the night thinking about the Roots of Chaos. I can never thank Shannon enough for making this into a series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Blood, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

faemh's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

this was super mega depressing and it took me quite a while to get into this as it was quite slow and focused on worldbuilding, but it was definitely still good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Death of parent

shingekiyes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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? No

5.0

I WISH I COULD GIVE THIS BOOK TEN STARS. i dare say it was even better than The Priory of the Orange Tree, but only because it had such a fantastic book as a foundation. 
A Day Of Fallen Night built upon the lush and brilliant world of Priory and expanded upon the mythos and magic i fell in love with in Priory. the story was much faster in this book, with multiple viscerally real and flawed storytellers that made me fall in love time and time again. the plot was so deep, so intricately woven, and there was not a single point (past page 100) where i felt comfortable putting the book down for too long. 
although the audience somewhat knew the story that the book would tell, the devil is truly in the details. the characters and their arcs truly made this book worth reading and enriched the lore of the world tenfold. getting to know the players in the folklore intimately was just magical… i will never read Priory the same way. 
also… the romance in this book was NEXT LEVEL. i did not think Samantha Shannon could top Ead and Sabran, but i was very, very wrong. the two main romances in this story were sapphic, which i loved, and all mentioned partnerships were extremely three-dimensional and believable. i won’t put spoilers here, but the enemies to lovers was SERVING in this book and i wept MULTIPLE TIMES over one particular couple. and over other things as well.
this book simultaneously re-opened and healed some aching wounds inside me—wounds surrounding womanhood, motherhood, family, religion, love, duty, and identity. i was a complete sniveling mess for the last ~150 pages of the book, but i wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. 
Samantha Shannon has done it again. A Day Of Fallen Night is truly a masterpiece. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, and Abortion

crownoflaurel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

meganpbell's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

A glorious, epic, feminist, fantasy masterpiece !!! This prequel to The Priory of the Orange Tree had me acting out scenes and saying lines out loud, it was that beautiful, badass, and moving.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Medical content, and Grief

kristinrdub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

A masterpiece of fantasy. Truly feels as if I’ve uncovered a tomb with the history of a long-forgotten world. Slow to start but once you have a grasp of the many characters the story unfolds quickly and marvelously.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

Minor: Child death

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Child death, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

annamorgan27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Sexual content

maddiemooney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Violence and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Xenophobia, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry