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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

35 reviews

remaininlullaby's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring 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

3.75

fiNALLY.  this took me months to finish and i don't even know why? it took a good 300 pages to get me hooked & even then i struggled to some parts bc i just couldn't concentrate on filtering out the stuff that mattered. i wanted to like it and i did, but the pacing felt so off, it was unbearably slow and first & in the end felt hurried through plot and character development. i'd lay my life down for the moody menace that is sabran ix berethnet 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Blood

Minor: Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

questionable_reader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Outing, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Torture, Trafficking, and Lesbophobia

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

doodeedoda's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Homophobia, Incest, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

The size may look daunting at first, but the depth and wealth of this book is beyond that of many series, much less individual books. Priory is an epic fantasy that stretches across a world divided by their love or and hatred for dragons. In the West, a handmaiden to a queen protects her from a plot while nursing hidden secrets of her own, and a young man is sent on a dangerous mission to an enemy land. In the East, a young woman trains to be the next dragon rider of her people and an old alchemist in exile seeks eternal life in a foreign land. The story travels the length and breadth of the world, culminating in an epic battle to determine the fate of the world. My only gripe with this amazing book was that certain plotlines were solved a bit too quickly and handily in order to get to those end chapters, and everyone seems to be able to speak each other's language with very little explanation. Absolutely cinematic-quality descriptions, heart-wrenching moments, surprise reversals and twists of fate make this a book for every fantasy lover out there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Excrement, Vomit, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Incest, Cannibalism, and Abandonment

willontheinternet's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

The world-building, the character development, the imagery and the detail were all phenomenal in this book. Sure, sometimes it's slow and I question if it had to be 800 pages, but I enjoyed reading this in three days.

Looking forward to the next book in the series whenever it comes out. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

lifeinsilver's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Dementia

smithreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Torture

khylababyla's review

adventurous emotional 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 world with a rich history, political intrigue, religious war, and of course the sapphic characters that brought me to this story in the first place. Oh and did I mention dragons? 

This is by far one of the best books I’ve read in awhile. If you are trying to break into more adult fantasy rather then YA fantasy this is a great starting point.

Also do not let the size of this book intimidate you. It’s a much quicker read then I anticipated and is broken up into sections that make it easier to manage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

faythfarrar's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Blood, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Incest and Suicidal thoughts