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A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

7 reviews

hailstorm3812's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

I think it was a great followup. I don't typically enjoy prequels because they are inherently tragic, but I think it played with tragedy well while still giving us an interesting story. I also got really attached to the characters. It did drag a bit at parts, but I knew it would given the length. Overall I liked it and I really want a book about our three tree mothers. I need to know the full story. But if we ge the next gen story like she has been teasing that works for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and War

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, Animal death, and Religious bigotry

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

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

Minor: Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, and Abortion

maddalynmoon'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: 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

fictionalportal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

15000000/5 stars 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Moderate: War, Xenophobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Violence, Suicide, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Grief, Animal death, and Child abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

the_bees_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

For fans of The Priory of the Orange Tree, diverse fantasy worlds and sword weilding dragon riders, too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, War, Violence, Religious bigotry, Grief, Misogyny, and Genocide

Moderate: Animal death, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, Sexism, and Terminal illness

librariangeorgia's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

I absolutely loved this book. 

 

I thought it was so interesting to see what happened 500 years prior to THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE aka 500 years after the slaying of the nameless one. I feel like there's a lot of stuff mentioned in the previous (next?) book that we get the back story for in this book which I loved! 

 

I really liked the characters and I loved the connection between Inys and the Priory - there's a lot more to it than what I was expecting... 

 

Even with how much I enjoyed reading it, I have to admit I was constantly thinking 'why is this book so looooooooong' - I just can't cope with books that are longer than 300 pages, even if I do enjoy them... 

 

Anyway, I am itching for a book set post THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Misogyny, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and War

heartbrekker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Sexism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Murder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Cancer