Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

40 reviews

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

I wanted to read this book because I enjoyed The Priory of the Orange Tree. This book is slow-paced and action packed.  

This book has several points of view. The first is Tunuva Melim. She is a sister of the Priory. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms – but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation is starting to question the Priory’s purpose. In the north, in the Queendom of Inys, Sabran the Ambitious has married the new King of Hroth which has narrowly saving both realms from ruin. Their daughter, Glorian, trails in their shadows – exactly where she wants to be. The dragon of the East have slept for centuries. Dumai has spent her life in a Seiikinese mountain temple, trying to wake the gods from their long slumber. Now someone from her mother’s past is coming to upend her fate. When the Dreadmount erupts, bringing with it an age of terror and violence, these women must find the strength to protect humankind from a devastating threat.  

The way I rate fantasy books is how easy it is for me to get into the world and these characters. I know I had some advantage from reading The Priory of the Orange Tree and we knew the world, but obviously with it being a prequel, there was a lot of new characters and a lot of things to learn before the events of The Priory of the Orange Tree. I haven’t struggled with this series; it was sinking into a comfy chair by the fire and being able to just relax. I know a lot of people would struggle with the size of this book but with the number of chapters and the fact that the chapters are quite small, it works, if it was over 900 pages, I think it would have dragged a bit. I liked the multiple chapters and that they are very distinct between the four of them and then the several characters within that region. I also enjoyed the love story within this book, and I wanted more of that.   

Again, like with the first book, the thing that stopped it being a five-star read was the big reveals and big twists were just slotted in and then brushed over. I was just waiting for the reaction to be like holy mother of Jesus and it just didn’t happen. 

This was an enjoyable read, but I was expected to be more of a big drop with the twists and turns. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Suicide

brekker_by_brekker's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

holy shit

(dragons and sapphics literally what more could i want?????)

FUCKINF. DUMAI. AND NIKEYA. NO I CANNOT. I CANT. WHY.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Suicide

sophiesometimesreads's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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? Yes

4.25

This was less plot driven and more character driven than Priory. Some storylines took me longer to get into than others. I was particulalry involved in Dumai's storyline, I thought it was the strongest of them all, but I did fall in love with all the characters by the end. I think this is definitely something to read alongside Priory, as it explains the origins to a lot of that action, and may feel a little empty or leave you wanting a bit more in terms of the resolution of you haven't or don't read Priory. Overall, I really enjoyed it but I think Priory was my favourite of the two.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.75

It is very easy to lose the plot while listening since there is so much going on. But each narrator did a good job. I wasn't fond of how the last hour or so was just an interview. It was nice but it was also something I would've rather searched for.
I did adore how one of the characters was in their 30's. We need more 30-80 year old characters in fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Suicide

The adult/minor relationship is an unconsummated marriage.

shlymiller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Suicide, Violence, and Blood

the_reading_wren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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

Wow, what a story! Darker and more brutal than Priory, but beautiful and wise as well. A great foundation for the Roots of Chaos series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Medical content, Cannibalism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, and Classism

ssellwood's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

A book with epic scope and queer love stories, this was an emotional and breathtaking read. Spanning multiple regions each filled with well developed faiths and landscapes, Shannon weaves a story of the trials and joys of feminine power. She discusses the highs and lows of motherhood while exploring both young and mature queer relationships. I will say that the pace is quite changeable, but only due to the twists which keep the 800+ pages engaging. Would recommend to anyone looking for beautiful dragons and queer love with poetic, descriptive prose that reminds me of the Song of Achilles at times.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Miscarriage

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

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Suicide

georgialee01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful 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

Graphic: Blood and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Suicide and Cannibalism