Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

12 reviews

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

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Glorian Shieldheart what a fucking badass. I got literal chills during some of her scenes. I also appreciated that this book was even more gay than Priory. Truly iconic. The way that Shannon integrates a whole cast of different identities into these books is honestly inspiring. Because of the length of the book, some of the slow reveals really kept me invested. All in all, I’d love to keep reading from this world! 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Gore, and Abandonment

Minor: Mental illness and Cannibalism

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

eleanora's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, War, Religious bigotry, Medical content, and Infidelity

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

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

abiofpellinor's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, War, and Fire/Fire injury

cleo_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense

4.5

Immersive epic fantasy with secret warrior nuns, court intrigue and tons of adventure, set in a medieval-ish world inspired by both western and eastern dragon myths. There are 4 pov characters, initially in 4 different locations (north, south, east and west), living in different circumstances and cultures. And then they all have to deal with a big global crisis involving strange beasts / wyrms, climate disasters and a deadly illness. 

It’s the second in a series (it’s set 500 years before the first one) but it definitely works as a standalone. I thought the first book was promising but this one is just fantastic, a quantum leap in author skill. It’s a thoughtful exploration of faith, loyalty and duty and it’s also a really gripping story that was hard to put down. All 850 pages of it. 

Like the first book, there are lots of LGBT people. There is one character who reads as ace/aro who struggles with acceptance because ace/aro doesn’t seem to be a recognized option. But LGBT identities are understood and accepted as no big deal. 

One interesting thing about the structure and the overall epic-ness of the story is that there’s lots of room to explore different ways to deal with similar situations. There are several young young women dealing with different cultural requirements about who they can love or marry or have kids with and they respond in really different ways. 

Parts of it is pretty violent. There’s no sexual violence but there’s some sexism, especially in the western location (Virtuedom).

Spoiler

And there’s child endangerment and the death of a child on page. Also a terrible plague that spreads across the known world

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Child death

Minor: Cancer, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

morganfiona's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

5.0

I think this is truly the best fantasy book I have ever read. The combination of stunning pride, world building, and characters is unmatched. Such a beautifully told story, with all the elements of what makes real life hard and hopeful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, Pregnancy, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Child death

Minor: Rape

ohkayeig's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Death

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Grief

aas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide, Violence, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, and War