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The Brightest Night by Tui T. Sutherland

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okamihylia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is personally my 2nd favorite book from this arc, just under The Hidden Kingdom. Sunny is also hands down my favorite Dragonet of Destiny so I was very much looking forward to seeing her have the spotlight in this book. As someone who struggles with having others take me seriously because of my bubbly personality and having people talk over me frequently, I radiate with her as a character. I love how just like Starflight in his book, she grows as a character to stop being complacent thanks to her safeguard being removed from the book prior and now she has to take the initiative to stop this war when it seems the others have seemingly lost hope and her insecurities on full display. This book's whole symbolic message about the theme of self-acceptance, accepting others and everything that touches on society, and social mixing between people is something I think is very important for kids to learn. I think the ending is a little messy and a little too convenient in terms of just, hoping stuff will go right and that's where it lost some points with me for being higher than a 4-star rating. I will say the buildup to the climax is extremely tense, with having three specific characters all in the same place for the first time and you know stuff is about to go down. And that does seem to be what I hear quite a lot of from other fans as well (about the conveniences to rush the ending). But that didn't do much to deter my love for this book. As a finale to this arc, it did make me cry.

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paola_malagrida's review against another edition

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5.0

I'm very pleased with this ending.

Sunny has a LOT of thoughts and at some point I got tired, but it was funny to try to discover what was going to happen, and I think I did it very well.

I figured out that Sunny was just half Sandwing, I was thinking maybe she was half Icewing, but then they mentioned Stonemover and I thought that maybe he was Sunny's father and...he was. Also, I compared Sunny with the Icewings and I felt like something was similar, maybe her face, but it was not, she has Nightwings' snout, tail and little white points. It was very interesting.

Then, the end of the war, I knew it was Blister all along, and I'm very happy about Thorn being the new Queen.

brenana's review against another edition

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5.0

AHHHHH I LOVED IT!!!! the whole series!!!!!
I'm not sure which book was my fave
I love LOVED getting to read from Sunny's pov, and got a brand new respect for the little lizard
Loved the conclusion of the Problem, even if Blister is a huge piece of shit???? I loved how Sunny did it idk we are led to think she is weak but then she DID THAT!!!!!
Everything did feel kind of rushed at the end, but not terribly so
Good good character development for everyone, RLLY rlly excited to see where the academy idea goes

envy7sins's review against another edition

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5.0

I kept wondering as I got further and further into this book... how on earth will the Dragonets stop the war?? And yet somehow, they pulled it off in a totally unexpected way.
I really enjoyed Sunny's point of view, despite her not particularly being my favourite before, I did come to like her a lot throughout the book!