Reviews

The Brightest Night by Tui T. Sutherland

nickabockaglory's review against another edition

4.0

This book felt like justice for Sunny! I've been looking forward to her story since early on in the series, especially with how she's looked over and ignored by the other Dragonets. 

I'm so happy it was her who

chose the new queen and I'm so delighted ahe got to meet her family and for once they weren't a giant disappointment.

I do usually miss the other Dragonets since each book thus far has had the primary character of that book going on some sort of individual journey/mission but i didn't feel that way in this book. I'm not sure if it's because i was so happy for Sunny to finally get her moment to shine, or if it was because I'm now accustomed to this format and knew to expect it. 

I was pleased that

this part of the story is all wrapped up so i can now read other books and maybe come back to the Wings of Fire series at a later date or when more get added to Libby. It felt like a satisfying conclusion, particularly with the epilogue.

Listened at 1.5x speed on the Libby app through my local library. 

rileydaemon's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

5.0

danniil96's review against another edition

4.0

Awwwww



Spoilers ahead





So is this like finished of the main storyline? Now we just go on adventures and people are trying to hunt us? Haha

ALSO SUNNY HOW COULD YOU TURN DOWN STARFLIGHT LIKE THAT GIRL COME ON!!!

I have never been more invested in a dragon relationship!

breeoxd's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

Sunny is a small but mighty dragon that nobody takes seriously. She is certain of her destiny and place in the world, but her friends seem less so, until she takes all of their destinies into her talons! This book finishes up The Dragonet Prophecy quintet within Wings of Fire. I've enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Doing mini book club with my daughter has been a highlight, but seeing each of the dragonettes grow in spirit, despitetheir dire circumstances and terrible parents (lol, every middle grade book ever) has been really sweet. Also, I want my own Big Wings. Was totally down to see Blister and Burn's unfortunate ends and I was very inspired by Sunny's idea to build an inter-tribe school system. Very cute. I'm very excited to find out more about the other dragon tribes and hopefully, more about the Scavengers. 

The wrap up and many plot points were very trite and easily guessed, but I'm not holding that against a middle grade book. 

unicornrhyfedd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

4.5

yeohye's review against another edition

5.0

We freaking love you qibli

mastersal's review against another edition

3.0

After 4 solid books preceding this one, The Brightest Night had some big shoes to fill and unfortunately, it stumbled a little. The previous book, [b:The Dark Secret|17675467|The Dark Secret (Wings of Fire, #4)|Tui T. Sutherland|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1368813111l/17675467._SY75_.jpg|24679204], ended with some big cliffhangers which left this book a little too much to do. This is not only Sunny’s individual story but also wraps up the effective first arc of this world.

As a result, while I generally enjoyed my time reading the book as the writing remains fun and focused the plot was a little confusing and overstuffed. It all felt too rushed because the author had to wrap up the prophecy that we have been building up for 4 books.

While I liked Sunny in the previous book, this one didn’t really explore her a lot. Her hidden depths and desire to be taken seriously were already established so we didn’t see much growth from her. We just moved from plot to plot point with a highly convenient and pat ending.

However, given that this is middle grade I am going to give the book 3 stars as the pat ending was probably more whimsical for young children. This book is the most obvious case of “this book is not for me” that I’ve experienced in the series as yet.

Nonetheless, I continued to like the commitment to gritty story telling.

Spoiler

Clay was injured. Starflight went blind and Sunny didn’t turn out to be a magic queen. She started a school - that was great and made me smile. It felt right.

3 fun stars overall

carrie_and_non's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

henrybrunisholz's review against another edition

3.0

I like Sunny a lot, enough that I'm not super mad at her being separated from the other dragonets for most of this book.

I thought the ending was a little lackluster. The Eye of Onyx was new to this book and felt... deus ex machina-y to me. Thorn was great though.

junosreadingstuff's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.5