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Nightfall by Penelope Douglas

10 reviews

kc_louisa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is everything and more I love this whole series but this book really takes it all 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

hapalyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

The flashbacks in this book are annoying, overused, exhausting, bland, unnecessary, and tense. I hated them in every single book, but this one was particularly torture. 

The pacing AGAIN in this book is so bizarre and so bad. It's like a switch gets flipped to make the characters suddenly "lovey" and romantic. Horrible romantic resolution. The action is by far the best part of this book.

I also like the trope of "dumb character actually turns out to be a genius". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

asteria_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

This book was alright. While I liked some parts, it reminded me a lot of a more developed Wattpad or AO3 story, and while there is a place for that, it wasn’t what I expected. It was very dark & gory. 
I disagree that you need to read the books before this in the series - I didn’t know it was a series until the end, & had no trouble following the plot and other details.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

There is literally a warning at the start of the book. Proceed with caution

clindsey73's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

booklloveer101's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

kenna__suan's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

3.0

thank fuck i finally finished

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

francess_m's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Stalking

dianasofia8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, and Death of parent

mbichaela's review against another edition

slow-paced

ENG
this series was wild. and i did not like the world and the circumstances either. but i read it for the hype, so i can create my own opinion on penelope douglas.

Abuse can feel like love...starving people will eat anything. - Damon Torrance

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual assault, and Violence

mc10's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The last of the series and I don't know if I'm happy or sad to see it end. I kind of want the universe to continue with other stories but I also want something else. Sometimes I felt like Penelope was writing stuff just for fanservice and I'm usually all for it but in this case, the story just felt like more of a fantasy than contemporary romance.

I loved seeing the kids, even if I don't understand why they have to go from not being together to 100% domesticity. I liked seeing that from them but not right away, especially because they're younger than me and I can't see myself there yet.

It wasn't until Damon's book that I really got interested in Will. I understand why that was like that and I enjoyed finally finding out what the hell happened.

I didn't enjoy this as much as I thought because of the whole Blackchurch plot and finding out how unnecessary it was made it worse.

I loved the story of Will and Emmy, I liked how normal it started, just high school sweethearts getting a second chance. I didn't enjoy the miscommunication and Emmy's stubbornness.

Like every book with Penelope, some of it feels unnecessary, some of it forced, but all drama is good drama when I'm in the mood for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Forced institutionalization