Reviews tagging 'Murder'

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

17 reviews

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

3.25

I liked most of the plot lines in this one. It’s helpful that all except one are POVs of women. It’s just a long book, in a way that makes it feel like a long book. I think a more thorough editing could have made this book much more enjoyable. 

Multi-POV, LGBTQIA+, Romance Subplots, 1 🔥

“I bid you mind my heart. I leave half of it in your keeping.”

“Your pain is not my pain, but I know its shape. I am sorry for it.“

“‘Because you would not believe until you saw.’ ‘Is that so terrible?’”

“He saw danger in difference… Some people need to call others evil, so they can seem pure and righteous in comparison, or to purge contempt they hold in secret for themselves.“

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Grief, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, War, Death of parent, Infidelity, Torture, Violence, Animal death, and Blood

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

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

Minor: Grief, Medical content, and Gore

bookswithbethx's review

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: Fire/Fire injury, War, Murder, Blood, Violence, Terminal illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Child death

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

maddalynmoon's review

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

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Violence, Abandonment, Cursing, War, Suicide, and Pregnancy

bennoyb's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Death, War, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Gore

bookshelfmonkey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Grief, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, and Gore

Minor: Rape, Cannibalism, Torture, and Suicide

aisabel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Death of parent

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Suicide, and Gore

daryn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-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: Death of parent, War, Pregnancy, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content, Animal death, and Child death

Minor: Murder and Religious bigotry

brynalexa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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 didn’t know a book SO long could be SO fast-paced. I was in love with the characters from the start and got my heart broken and put back together countless times. I love the depth of the history in names of people/places and how the author demonstrates changes in people, places, culture, and languages over time.  I love a book with gay characters in which the trauma has nothing to do with their sexuality. The interview at the end of the audiobook was definitely with the listen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, War, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Cannibalism and Infertility