A Day of Fallen Night
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'Shannon is simply a master of the genre' C. S. PACAT, New York Times-bestselling author of DARK RISE
'A tremendous triumph' LONDON SHAH, award-winning author of the LIGHT OF THE ABYSS series
____________________
A return to the world of Samantha Shannon's Sunday Times and New York Times-bestselling The Priory of the Orange Tree
____________________
Tunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms - but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation is starting to question the Priory's purpose.
To the north, in the Queendom of Inys, Sabran the Ambitious has married the new King of Hróth, narrowly saving both realms from ruin. Their daughter, Glorian, trails in their shadow - exactly where she wants to be.
The dragons of the East have slept for centuries. Dumai has spent her life in a Seiikinese mountain temple, trying to wake the gods from their long slumber. Now someone from her mother's past is coming to upend her fate.
When the Dreadmount erupts, bringing with it an age of terror and violence, these women must find the strength to protect humankind from a devastating threat.
Intricate and epic, A Day of Fallen Night sweeps readers back to the world of A Priory of the Orange Tree, showing us a course of events that shaped it for generations to come.
**Chosen as a book of 2023 by the Metro, Cosmopolitan, Nerd Daily, PinkNews and Waterstones**
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Detailliert und Durchdacht mit viel Tiefe und Emotion
Ich bewundere die Zuwendung und Liebe der Autorin für ihre Welt und ihre Charaktere. Für mich las es sich teilweise wie ein Geschichtsbuch, wodurch es kein leichtes Buch zum abschalten und weglesen war. Trotzdem würde ich es auf jeden Fall empfehlen! Die Autorin lässt sich Zeit, um die Perspektiven und Entwicklungen mehrerer Charaktere (insgesamt 8 Perspektiven) zu beschreiben und zum Leben zu erwecken. Manche davon mit Themen, die so kaum vertreten sind im Fantasy Genre. Es gibt tiefe Bindungen, mehrdimensionale Charaktere und eine unfassbar reiche Welt an Geschichte und Detail!
"Her name was Dumai, from an ancient word for a dream that ends too soon." "She was named Glorian to strengthen her dynasty, in Ascalun, Crown of the West." "A princess for the West. One lost in the East. In the South, a third girl was born, between the other two. This girl was not destined to wear a crown. Her birth did not stitch the wounds in a queendom, or gift her with any right to a throne. This birth took place deep in the Lasian Basin, out of sight of the eyes of the world - because this girl, like her birthplace, was a secret." Vor zwei Jahren war "The Priory of the Orange Tree" ein Highlight für mich. "A Day of Fallen Night" knüpft dort nahtlos an. Hier wird quasi die Vorgeschichte erzählt und wir erleben einen Ausbruch des Dreadmount, in dem die unheilvollen Drachen erwachen und Chaos und Zerstörung über das Land bringen. Dumai führte ein bislang eher beschauliches Leben auf einem Berg, bis sie herausfindet, dass sie von Adel ist und dazu auserwählt, ihr Volk in bessere Zeiten zu führen. Weit entfernt und gut versteckt bereiten sich hingegen die Kriegerinnen der Priory auf eine Rückkehr des Namenlosen vor. Durch eine vermeintliche Kameradin hinters Licht geführt gerät die Glaubensgemeinschaft ins Wanken. Zeitgleich muss sich eine junge Königin ihrem Schicksal stellen. "You think me weak," Glorian said, willing her voice not to quake. "You always have - but I know whose bone and blood I am. I am the chosen of the Saint, the fruit of his unending vine, the iron of the eversnow. I am the daughter of Sabran the Ambitious and the Hammer of the North, and I will rule this realm without fear. My reign will be remembered for centuries to come." She let the words soak through the silence, then said, "I am enough." Ganz am Ende werden die Weichen gestellt für die Handlung in "The Priory of the Orange Tree" und das hat mich einfach nur begeistert, wie all die Stränge zusammen laufen. Ungelogen, ich hatte bisschen feuchte Augen. Wie schon das erste Buch, es ist einfach episch!
Epic Fantasy in der Männer nicht die Hauptolle spielen, sondern Flinta, die sie verdienen und wie sie jede von uns kennt: klug, besonnen, mutig, eigen, willensstark und loyal.
ADOFN ist fraglos das beste Buch, das ich in 2025 gelesen habe. Wenn ihr es noch nicht gelesen habt: das ist euer Zeichen es zu tun. Solang ihr auf 800 Seiten voller epic Fantasy steht natürlich - mit wirklich starken Charakteren (körperlich, mental und emotional), die keine einzige Entscheidung treffen, bei der ihr die Augen verdrehen wollt. Politik, Religion, Magie, es hat das alles, in einer großartig ausgearbeiteten Welt, über die ich am liebsten ein Geschichtsbuch lesen würde, um tiefer einzusteigen. Ihr müsst TPOTOT nicht vorab gelesen haben, beide funktionieren als Standalone. Fangt ihr mit der Welt an, wurde ich euch ADOFN als Einstieg empfehlen.
An insane masterpiece
This book has been on my shelf for more than a year but as soon as I picked it up it pulled me in. Samantha Shannon creates a world in her books that makes other books feel flat and dull. The story is told from multiple characters points of view and this creates a deep understanding and knowing. All characters have their own traits and thoughts and beliefs and it never feels forced. The plot is well thought through and requires patience and constant attention. The story feels real and caught me off guard every now and then. Personally I would have enjoyed reading this book before ‘the priory of the orange tree’ - ‘a day of fallen night’ build a foundation and insight on the historical figures of ‘the priory of the orange tree’
Now THIS is epic fantasy!
It took me a long, long time to pick this up and read it, even though I was super excited for it because of its shear size but let me tell you, it was worth every page. „A day of Fallen Night“ is more complex and has more story-tellers/protagonists than „Priory of the Orange Tree“ but feels just as magical and epic. I will say, the first hours you spend reading this book will be filled with flicking back and forth between the list of people at the back, the maps at the front and the actual story because the book drops you right in and that makes it a little confusing at that beginning. I didn’t mind that but if you‘re looking for a book feeds you information bit by bit and that‘s easy to keep track of, this is not the one for you. Once I got into the story, I found it so difficult to stop reading! This book just sucks you right in with its vivid descriptions and interesting scenes.
This was waaaay too long 😭 I‘ve only read it after Priory because I already had it at home, else I wouldn‘t have. The writing style was not for me and the plot somehow got barely exciting to read. I really had to fight through it since I‘m one of those people who can‘t DNF books. I wish I liked it more. It‘s just a tiny bit better than Priory.
Besser als der erste Band
Auch wenn man eigentlich weiß wie es ausgeht, weil man das erste Buch gelesen hat, hat mir dieses Buch besser gefallen. Die Handlung und die Charaktere sind sehr ähnlich zum ersten Band, dadurch ist es schon gewissermaßen vorhersehbar. Aber man kennt sich in der Welt bereits aus und das müßige Worldbuilding fällt dadurch weg. Ich fand es cool die Vorgeschichte zu erfahren und irgendwie laß es sich einfach flüssiger und leichter. Ich hab schon spannendere Fantasy Bücher gelesen, aber Shannon’s Schreibstil ist elegant, komplex und dadurch einfach etwas stiller.
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Muss ich dazu mehr sagen? Ich habe lange darauf gewartet, dieses Buch zu lesen, weil ich Angst hatte, es könnte meine Erwartungen nicht erfüllen. Das Gegenteil war der Fall. Es war alles und mehr als ich mir erhofft habe. Eine wunderschöne Story, eine fantastische Welt, ein spannender, langsam aufbauender Plot und so viel female central Themen und casual queerness, wie man sich das nur wünschen kann. Für mich ein absolut perfektes Buch, an dem ich nichts zu kritisieren habe.
Puuuuh, das war nicht schlecht. Leider hab ich Priory zuerst gelesen und muss sagen, hier sind zu viele Ähnlichkeiten. Es wirkte für mich einfach wie recycelt. Irgendwann im laufe dieser über 800 Seiten hab ich leider ein wenig das Interesse verloren und das obwohl ich Priory wirklich sehr geliebt habe.
Your sign to start this book if you have been thinking about it. I know the length is daunting at first, but you read 10 pages and you don‘t want this book to end. I couldn‘t describe the feelings I had while reading this book even if I tried. Samantha Shannon truly is a master of her art. The worldbuilding 🤌 the writing 🤌 the characters 🤌 the storyline 🤌 This book is even stronger than priory, and it shows how fucking easy it is to include diversity. We got like the whole rainbow in there. These characters hold a special place in my heart, and I can‘t wait to re-read this book a hundred times. I have been blessed with eyes and my eyes have been blessed by reading this masterpiece. Thank you Samantha Shannon for creating a world readers can submerge into. A story that feels like a warm hug. I wish I could give this 6 Stars
Gosh! I really thought I would love this books since I am a fan of Priory of the Orange Tree, but it was quite disappointing actually. Without giving anything away, first things first: The ending felt very rushes and unspectacular. As was the case in Priory, but in Priory, it was my only point of criticism. Here, in A Day of Fallen Night, it was one of many. I will not get into details, just say that the story was the big weak part. Because the characters were well-done: authentic, sympathetic, interesting. But since we know, due to Priory, that 500 years later, the Berethnets are fine, the world is fine, everything is fine, there are no real stakes. No, instead of high stakes and active characters, the author chooses an external event, on which none of the characters had any influence, as the solution to the main problem, which was so disappointing. There were also no plottwists. I see now that some reveals were intended to be such, but partly due to Priory, partly due to logic, I saw every single reveal coming. I constantly expected a major twist and felt lost when everything worked out as I had thought. The last thing I have to fret about: the world. Don't get me wrong, I love the world of Roots of Chaos. But I thought that in A Day of Fallen Night, we would discover something new about it. Instead the story explained the same things from Priory again, and left me only with weak, meaningless theories about the world's backstory. I really, really hope that this is just a phase and the third book in the series (of which I have heard rumours about) will be better. There are only two things I wish for: More lore on the world, which was only teased until now, and - finally a well-paced ending! I know this sounds quite critical, but I still enyojed reading it. Samantha Shannon's voice fits the high fantasy genre and I just really adore her characters and dialogues.
Wow, what a joy ride, and a long one at that.
I read The Roots of Chaos in chronological order of the plot, not by publication date. That being said, I might come back to edit this review after reading #1. Approximately the first third of the book is filled with world building and setting the plot. After that, it felt like a plateau of mostly action packed and high-stakes plot with one storyline quickly unfolding after another. While it was hard in the beginning to figure out characters and places, it is worth it: Rich world building with lots of their own history, culture and myths/religion/cults/whatnot and great character development. All of the 4 major characters are interesting. (I’m still puzzled about the obviously deliberate decision to not follow the story through one of the prologue babies but a different character.) The characters are of different ages and especially Tunuva in her 40? 50? was refreshing to other fantasy MCs. Connecting the different storylines had me think of so many theories and kept me on my (mental) toes, only to surprise me and be different yet similar and I am absolutely looking forward to reading The Priory of the Orange Tree to find out how the events of A Day of Fallen Night are viewed and have implications some couple of years and centuries down the line.
„What if magic is just a word for power beyond our understanding, like the gods possess?” Ich muss zugeben, dass ich ein wenig traurig bin, dass dieses Buch nun vorbei ist, ugh. Ich habe mich so auf „A Day of Fallen Night“ gefreut, habe dann Monate gebraucht um es anzufangen und nun ist es vorbei. Why?! Gosh, also. Ich fand damals, dass sich „The Priory Of The Orange Tree“ ziemlich gezogen hat, bis die Geschichte richtig ins laufen gekommen ist, aber „A Day Of Fallen Night“ ist einfach schon so gut und spannend und mit solch tollen Charakteren eingestiegen, dass ich vor Freude und Aufregung fast geweint habe. Zwar kann ich Samantha Shannon’s Bücher nicht besonders schnell lesen, aber für meine Verhältnisse zu ihren Werken habe ich den Band wohl ziemlich durchgeballert. Ich habe es geliebt all die Stränge zu „The Priory Of The Orange Tree“ zu entdecken und mich zu erinnern. Es war so aufregend jene Personen kennenzulernen, über die wir vielleicht schon im anderen Band gehört hatten. Und natürlich war es auch toll zu erfahren, wie bestimmte Dinge begonnen und sich über die Jahrhunderte verändert haben. Ich denke, dass man „A Day Of Fallen Night“ durchaus lesen kann, ohne davor „The Priory Of The Orange Tree“ gelesen zu haben (immerhin spielt dieser Band hier ja auch vor der Zeit von TPOTOT), aber ich glaube, dass es aufregender ist, wenn man TPOTOT vorher liest! (Aber ich bin natürlich auch biased, da ich es nur so rum kenne) Shannon’s Schreibstil war wieder wundervoll und ich liebe es, wie viel Zeit sie sich für ihre Geschichten und Charaktere nimmt. Man lernt die Welt und jene Menschen / Wesen darin auf eine Art kennen, als würde man mit ihnen zusammenleben. (ADOFN und TPOTOT sind definitiv nichts für Leute, die kein langsames Pacing mögen!) Die ganzen unterschiedlichen Kulturen kennenzulernen und sich trotzdem bereits so heimisch in der Welt von ADOFN und TPOTOT zu fühlen. Ich liebe es auch, wie sie die Politik der Monarchie immer wieder mit einbringt und auch die Sicht der Monarchen auf Demokratie. Wie sie zeigt, wie grausam Monarchie auch für die Monarchen sein kann und wie schwer die Last ist, die sie tragen, weil sie in dieses System geboren wurden, aus dem sie nicht ausbrechen können, weil der Glauben sie daran hindert. Gosh! Immer wieder begeistert bin ich davon, wie viele Hauptcharaktere Shannon unter einen Hut bringt und wie detailreich sie alle ausgearbeitet sind. (Und wie manche sich auch nie begegnen) Für mich zeugt das von viel Geduld und Können und ich ziehe meinen Hut vor ihr. Und lasst uns bitte nicht vergessen, wie krass queer ihre Welt ist und wie ... OKAY das auch einfach ist. For f*cks sake, ich liebe ADOFN und TPOTOT!!!!
Samantha erzählt die Geschichte auf wunderbare Weise und bietet den Lesern ein reichhaltiges und detailreiches Universum, das man erkundigen kann. Obwohl es anfangs herausfordernd sein kann, sich an die vielen Perspektiven zu gewöhnen, lohnt es sich durchzuhalten, da die verschiedenen Handlungsstränge auf beeindruckende Weise miteinander verflochten sind. Für Liebhaber von Drachengeschichten ist dieses Buch ein Muss.
Es ist ein Buch, das man Drachenliebhabern wärmstens empfehlen kann. Obwohl es anfangs eine gewisse Geduld erfordern kann, lohnt es sich, sich auf die komplexe Geschichte einzulassen. Die wunderbar erzählte Handlung und das reichhaltige Universum machen dieses Buch zum echten Juwel für Fanatasy-Fans
So viele Gedanken 😍
This book has so much worldbuilding that expands on and connects to The Priory of the Orange Tree, without being too self referential and yelling "REMEMBER THAT FROM THE OTHER BOOK?" and despite playing almost five decades before the plot of Priory. I picked up Priory because it was so hyped among the other queer high fantasy lovers I knew, and it deserved all of it. A Day of Fallen Night had a lot to live up to, and I was almost scared to read it. Too many sequels (or prequels, like in this case) have disappointed me in the last few years, some being so bad that they ruined the entire series for me. I didn't want this book to be the same. I didn't have to be scared. I didn't want to stop reading the second I opened the first page. I was desperate to find out how it all connected to each other and to the original book. I knew Glorian would end up having a child and that the child survived. If she didn't, we wouldn't have had the original plot line of The Priory of the Orange Tree. What I didn't know was literally everything else. And I enjoyed finding it all out. This is a master class in modern High Fantasy. Everything feels so old, filled with so much baggage. All the characters feel so alive. And despite the clamerings of the stuffy High Fantasy purists, Samantha Shannon's world of casual queerness and gender equality felt even more natural than the forced misogynistic bullshit in other books. I'm going to read everything this woman has ever written and I cannot wait for it.
Just as with the Priory of the Orange tree, the book had a slow and careful start. However, it took me a long while, a bit too long, to really get into the story and intrigues. The Priory of the Orange tree started better in my opinion, though I really enjoyed the sphere of the world this book brought to me. Whereas the end of the Priory went way too fast in comparison with the slow and well-written start, this prequel hooked me up more and more in the second half of the book, though I missed something at the beginning. I really enjoyed the last part of the Day of Fallen Night and it made me curious about how the world Shannon describes is connected. Overall, I really enjoyed this book!
Wow, I went into this not realising what I was getting myself into. So much happened plotwise, following multiple characters, and yet it flowed exceedingly well and smoothly. The characters were diverse, their development well written and some more lovable than others. My only gripe is that I felt like the book did drag a little, though to be expected from 800+ pages. Rating: 4.5
I really loved it but not as much as the priory of the orange tree so that's why only 4 stars a lot of the plot points felt recycled from the first book. it was like I was almost reading the same story except with new characters. I did like a lot more of the pov characters here than I did with priory
"Mother we are your daughters. We remember. We remain." My god, I don't even know where to start. This book was beautiful and I am deeply in love with this series. Firstly, I love Shannon's style of writing. It feels so rich and alive - it instantly immerses you in the world she created. Bit by bit, you get to meet the main cast and explore their realms, families and motivations. And what a cast it is. Each and every one of them feels so distinct and unique. They have their own voices and stories. They all work for themselves. And yet, if any one of them was missing the book would not be the same. Eventhough their paths only cross late into the book, and sometimes not at all or never in person, their stories are all intrinsically linked. The world and its magic is so lovingly crafted too. The religions, politics and cultures are so fleshed out, it is incredible. This world really does feel real, not only because of the lush and beautiful writing, but also the incredible worldbuilding itself. Also, very important to me is the way the author treats queer characters. All of them are so casually queer, and noone bats and eye. They are lesbian, bisexual, trans, ace and nb just because they happen to be that way. The only time it impacts them greatly is when they are bound to the heteronormative way a king- (or queen!) dom is deemed to function. I spent the entirety of the last 50 or so pages sobbing. I cannot express how much this book means to me. Samantha Shannon, you own a piece of my soul.
Description
'Shannon is simply a master of the genre' C. S. PACAT, New York Times-bestselling author of DARK RISE
'A tremendous triumph' LONDON SHAH, award-winning author of the LIGHT OF THE ABYSS series
____________________
A return to the world of Samantha Shannon's Sunday Times and New York Times-bestselling The Priory of the Orange Tree
____________________
Tunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms - but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation is starting to question the Priory's purpose.
To the north, in the Queendom of Inys, Sabran the Ambitious has married the new King of Hróth, narrowly saving both realms from ruin. Their daughter, Glorian, trails in their shadow - exactly where she wants to be.
The dragons of the East have slept for centuries. Dumai has spent her life in a Seiikinese mountain temple, trying to wake the gods from their long slumber. Now someone from her mother's past is coming to upend her fate.
When the Dreadmount erupts, bringing with it an age of terror and violence, these women must find the strength to protect humankind from a devastating threat.
Intricate and epic, A Day of Fallen Night sweeps readers back to the world of A Priory of the Orange Tree, showing us a course of events that shaped it for generations to come.
**Chosen as a book of 2023 by the Metro, Cosmopolitan, Nerd Daily, PinkNews and Waterstones**
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Detailliert und Durchdacht mit viel Tiefe und Emotion
Ich bewundere die Zuwendung und Liebe der Autorin für ihre Welt und ihre Charaktere. Für mich las es sich teilweise wie ein Geschichtsbuch, wodurch es kein leichtes Buch zum abschalten und weglesen war. Trotzdem würde ich es auf jeden Fall empfehlen! Die Autorin lässt sich Zeit, um die Perspektiven und Entwicklungen mehrerer Charaktere (insgesamt 8 Perspektiven) zu beschreiben und zum Leben zu erwecken. Manche davon mit Themen, die so kaum vertreten sind im Fantasy Genre. Es gibt tiefe Bindungen, mehrdimensionale Charaktere und eine unfassbar reiche Welt an Geschichte und Detail!
"Her name was Dumai, from an ancient word for a dream that ends too soon." "She was named Glorian to strengthen her dynasty, in Ascalun, Crown of the West." "A princess for the West. One lost in the East. In the South, a third girl was born, between the other two. This girl was not destined to wear a crown. Her birth did not stitch the wounds in a queendom, or gift her with any right to a throne. This birth took place deep in the Lasian Basin, out of sight of the eyes of the world - because this girl, like her birthplace, was a secret." Vor zwei Jahren war "The Priory of the Orange Tree" ein Highlight für mich. "A Day of Fallen Night" knüpft dort nahtlos an. Hier wird quasi die Vorgeschichte erzählt und wir erleben einen Ausbruch des Dreadmount, in dem die unheilvollen Drachen erwachen und Chaos und Zerstörung über das Land bringen. Dumai führte ein bislang eher beschauliches Leben auf einem Berg, bis sie herausfindet, dass sie von Adel ist und dazu auserwählt, ihr Volk in bessere Zeiten zu führen. Weit entfernt und gut versteckt bereiten sich hingegen die Kriegerinnen der Priory auf eine Rückkehr des Namenlosen vor. Durch eine vermeintliche Kameradin hinters Licht geführt gerät die Glaubensgemeinschaft ins Wanken. Zeitgleich muss sich eine junge Königin ihrem Schicksal stellen. "You think me weak," Glorian said, willing her voice not to quake. "You always have - but I know whose bone and blood I am. I am the chosen of the Saint, the fruit of his unending vine, the iron of the eversnow. I am the daughter of Sabran the Ambitious and the Hammer of the North, and I will rule this realm without fear. My reign will be remembered for centuries to come." She let the words soak through the silence, then said, "I am enough." Ganz am Ende werden die Weichen gestellt für die Handlung in "The Priory of the Orange Tree" und das hat mich einfach nur begeistert, wie all die Stränge zusammen laufen. Ungelogen, ich hatte bisschen feuchte Augen. Wie schon das erste Buch, es ist einfach episch!
Epic Fantasy in der Männer nicht die Hauptolle spielen, sondern Flinta, die sie verdienen und wie sie jede von uns kennt: klug, besonnen, mutig, eigen, willensstark und loyal.
ADOFN ist fraglos das beste Buch, das ich in 2025 gelesen habe. Wenn ihr es noch nicht gelesen habt: das ist euer Zeichen es zu tun. Solang ihr auf 800 Seiten voller epic Fantasy steht natürlich - mit wirklich starken Charakteren (körperlich, mental und emotional), die keine einzige Entscheidung treffen, bei der ihr die Augen verdrehen wollt. Politik, Religion, Magie, es hat das alles, in einer großartig ausgearbeiteten Welt, über die ich am liebsten ein Geschichtsbuch lesen würde, um tiefer einzusteigen. Ihr müsst TPOTOT nicht vorab gelesen haben, beide funktionieren als Standalone. Fangt ihr mit der Welt an, wurde ich euch ADOFN als Einstieg empfehlen.
An insane masterpiece
This book has been on my shelf for more than a year but as soon as I picked it up it pulled me in. Samantha Shannon creates a world in her books that makes other books feel flat and dull. The story is told from multiple characters points of view and this creates a deep understanding and knowing. All characters have their own traits and thoughts and beliefs and it never feels forced. The plot is well thought through and requires patience and constant attention. The story feels real and caught me off guard every now and then. Personally I would have enjoyed reading this book before ‘the priory of the orange tree’ - ‘a day of fallen night’ build a foundation and insight on the historical figures of ‘the priory of the orange tree’
Now THIS is epic fantasy!
It took me a long, long time to pick this up and read it, even though I was super excited for it because of its shear size but let me tell you, it was worth every page. „A day of Fallen Night“ is more complex and has more story-tellers/protagonists than „Priory of the Orange Tree“ but feels just as magical and epic. I will say, the first hours you spend reading this book will be filled with flicking back and forth between the list of people at the back, the maps at the front and the actual story because the book drops you right in and that makes it a little confusing at that beginning. I didn’t mind that but if you‘re looking for a book feeds you information bit by bit and that‘s easy to keep track of, this is not the one for you. Once I got into the story, I found it so difficult to stop reading! This book just sucks you right in with its vivid descriptions and interesting scenes.
This was waaaay too long 😭 I‘ve only read it after Priory because I already had it at home, else I wouldn‘t have. The writing style was not for me and the plot somehow got barely exciting to read. I really had to fight through it since I‘m one of those people who can‘t DNF books. I wish I liked it more. It‘s just a tiny bit better than Priory.
Besser als der erste Band
Auch wenn man eigentlich weiß wie es ausgeht, weil man das erste Buch gelesen hat, hat mir dieses Buch besser gefallen. Die Handlung und die Charaktere sind sehr ähnlich zum ersten Band, dadurch ist es schon gewissermaßen vorhersehbar. Aber man kennt sich in der Welt bereits aus und das müßige Worldbuilding fällt dadurch weg. Ich fand es cool die Vorgeschichte zu erfahren und irgendwie laß es sich einfach flüssiger und leichter. Ich hab schon spannendere Fantasy Bücher gelesen, aber Shannon’s Schreibstil ist elegant, komplex und dadurch einfach etwas stiller.
🌟 Women (und Wulf) 🌟
Muss ich dazu mehr sagen? Ich habe lange darauf gewartet, dieses Buch zu lesen, weil ich Angst hatte, es könnte meine Erwartungen nicht erfüllen. Das Gegenteil war der Fall. Es war alles und mehr als ich mir erhofft habe. Eine wunderschöne Story, eine fantastische Welt, ein spannender, langsam aufbauender Plot und so viel female central Themen und casual queerness, wie man sich das nur wünschen kann. Für mich ein absolut perfektes Buch, an dem ich nichts zu kritisieren habe.
Puuuuh, das war nicht schlecht. Leider hab ich Priory zuerst gelesen und muss sagen, hier sind zu viele Ähnlichkeiten. Es wirkte für mich einfach wie recycelt. Irgendwann im laufe dieser über 800 Seiten hab ich leider ein wenig das Interesse verloren und das obwohl ich Priory wirklich sehr geliebt habe.
Your sign to start this book if you have been thinking about it. I know the length is daunting at first, but you read 10 pages and you don‘t want this book to end. I couldn‘t describe the feelings I had while reading this book even if I tried. Samantha Shannon truly is a master of her art. The worldbuilding 🤌 the writing 🤌 the characters 🤌 the storyline 🤌 This book is even stronger than priory, and it shows how fucking easy it is to include diversity. We got like the whole rainbow in there. These characters hold a special place in my heart, and I can‘t wait to re-read this book a hundred times. I have been blessed with eyes and my eyes have been blessed by reading this masterpiece. Thank you Samantha Shannon for creating a world readers can submerge into. A story that feels like a warm hug. I wish I could give this 6 Stars
Gosh! I really thought I would love this books since I am a fan of Priory of the Orange Tree, but it was quite disappointing actually. Without giving anything away, first things first: The ending felt very rushes and unspectacular. As was the case in Priory, but in Priory, it was my only point of criticism. Here, in A Day of Fallen Night, it was one of many. I will not get into details, just say that the story was the big weak part. Because the characters were well-done: authentic, sympathetic, interesting. But since we know, due to Priory, that 500 years later, the Berethnets are fine, the world is fine, everything is fine, there are no real stakes. No, instead of high stakes and active characters, the author chooses an external event, on which none of the characters had any influence, as the solution to the main problem, which was so disappointing. There were also no plottwists. I see now that some reveals were intended to be such, but partly due to Priory, partly due to logic, I saw every single reveal coming. I constantly expected a major twist and felt lost when everything worked out as I had thought. The last thing I have to fret about: the world. Don't get me wrong, I love the world of Roots of Chaos. But I thought that in A Day of Fallen Night, we would discover something new about it. Instead the story explained the same things from Priory again, and left me only with weak, meaningless theories about the world's backstory. I really, really hope that this is just a phase and the third book in the series (of which I have heard rumours about) will be better. There are only two things I wish for: More lore on the world, which was only teased until now, and - finally a well-paced ending! I know this sounds quite critical, but I still enyojed reading it. Samantha Shannon's voice fits the high fantasy genre and I just really adore her characters and dialogues.
Wow, what a joy ride, and a long one at that.
I read The Roots of Chaos in chronological order of the plot, not by publication date. That being said, I might come back to edit this review after reading #1. Approximately the first third of the book is filled with world building and setting the plot. After that, it felt like a plateau of mostly action packed and high-stakes plot with one storyline quickly unfolding after another. While it was hard in the beginning to figure out characters and places, it is worth it: Rich world building with lots of their own history, culture and myths/religion/cults/whatnot and great character development. All of the 4 major characters are interesting. (I’m still puzzled about the obviously deliberate decision to not follow the story through one of the prologue babies but a different character.) The characters are of different ages and especially Tunuva in her 40? 50? was refreshing to other fantasy MCs. Connecting the different storylines had me think of so many theories and kept me on my (mental) toes, only to surprise me and be different yet similar and I am absolutely looking forward to reading The Priory of the Orange Tree to find out how the events of A Day of Fallen Night are viewed and have implications some couple of years and centuries down the line.
„What if magic is just a word for power beyond our understanding, like the gods possess?” Ich muss zugeben, dass ich ein wenig traurig bin, dass dieses Buch nun vorbei ist, ugh. Ich habe mich so auf „A Day of Fallen Night“ gefreut, habe dann Monate gebraucht um es anzufangen und nun ist es vorbei. Why?! Gosh, also. Ich fand damals, dass sich „The Priory Of The Orange Tree“ ziemlich gezogen hat, bis die Geschichte richtig ins laufen gekommen ist, aber „A Day Of Fallen Night“ ist einfach schon so gut und spannend und mit solch tollen Charakteren eingestiegen, dass ich vor Freude und Aufregung fast geweint habe. Zwar kann ich Samantha Shannon’s Bücher nicht besonders schnell lesen, aber für meine Verhältnisse zu ihren Werken habe ich den Band wohl ziemlich durchgeballert. Ich habe es geliebt all die Stränge zu „The Priory Of The Orange Tree“ zu entdecken und mich zu erinnern. Es war so aufregend jene Personen kennenzulernen, über die wir vielleicht schon im anderen Band gehört hatten. Und natürlich war es auch toll zu erfahren, wie bestimmte Dinge begonnen und sich über die Jahrhunderte verändert haben. Ich denke, dass man „A Day Of Fallen Night“ durchaus lesen kann, ohne davor „The Priory Of The Orange Tree“ gelesen zu haben (immerhin spielt dieser Band hier ja auch vor der Zeit von TPOTOT), aber ich glaube, dass es aufregender ist, wenn man TPOTOT vorher liest! (Aber ich bin natürlich auch biased, da ich es nur so rum kenne) Shannon’s Schreibstil war wieder wundervoll und ich liebe es, wie viel Zeit sie sich für ihre Geschichten und Charaktere nimmt. Man lernt die Welt und jene Menschen / Wesen darin auf eine Art kennen, als würde man mit ihnen zusammenleben. (ADOFN und TPOTOT sind definitiv nichts für Leute, die kein langsames Pacing mögen!) Die ganzen unterschiedlichen Kulturen kennenzulernen und sich trotzdem bereits so heimisch in der Welt von ADOFN und TPOTOT zu fühlen. Ich liebe es auch, wie sie die Politik der Monarchie immer wieder mit einbringt und auch die Sicht der Monarchen auf Demokratie. Wie sie zeigt, wie grausam Monarchie auch für die Monarchen sein kann und wie schwer die Last ist, die sie tragen, weil sie in dieses System geboren wurden, aus dem sie nicht ausbrechen können, weil der Glauben sie daran hindert. Gosh! Immer wieder begeistert bin ich davon, wie viele Hauptcharaktere Shannon unter einen Hut bringt und wie detailreich sie alle ausgearbeitet sind. (Und wie manche sich auch nie begegnen) Für mich zeugt das von viel Geduld und Können und ich ziehe meinen Hut vor ihr. Und lasst uns bitte nicht vergessen, wie krass queer ihre Welt ist und wie ... OKAY das auch einfach ist. For f*cks sake, ich liebe ADOFN und TPOTOT!!!!
Samantha erzählt die Geschichte auf wunderbare Weise und bietet den Lesern ein reichhaltiges und detailreiches Universum, das man erkundigen kann. Obwohl es anfangs herausfordernd sein kann, sich an die vielen Perspektiven zu gewöhnen, lohnt es sich durchzuhalten, da die verschiedenen Handlungsstränge auf beeindruckende Weise miteinander verflochten sind. Für Liebhaber von Drachengeschichten ist dieses Buch ein Muss.
Es ist ein Buch, das man Drachenliebhabern wärmstens empfehlen kann. Obwohl es anfangs eine gewisse Geduld erfordern kann, lohnt es sich, sich auf die komplexe Geschichte einzulassen. Die wunderbar erzählte Handlung und das reichhaltige Universum machen dieses Buch zum echten Juwel für Fanatasy-Fans
So viele Gedanken 😍
This book has so much worldbuilding that expands on and connects to The Priory of the Orange Tree, without being too self referential and yelling "REMEMBER THAT FROM THE OTHER BOOK?" and despite playing almost five decades before the plot of Priory. I picked up Priory because it was so hyped among the other queer high fantasy lovers I knew, and it deserved all of it. A Day of Fallen Night had a lot to live up to, and I was almost scared to read it. Too many sequels (or prequels, like in this case) have disappointed me in the last few years, some being so bad that they ruined the entire series for me. I didn't want this book to be the same. I didn't have to be scared. I didn't want to stop reading the second I opened the first page. I was desperate to find out how it all connected to each other and to the original book. I knew Glorian would end up having a child and that the child survived. If she didn't, we wouldn't have had the original plot line of The Priory of the Orange Tree. What I didn't know was literally everything else. And I enjoyed finding it all out. This is a master class in modern High Fantasy. Everything feels so old, filled with so much baggage. All the characters feel so alive. And despite the clamerings of the stuffy High Fantasy purists, Samantha Shannon's world of casual queerness and gender equality felt even more natural than the forced misogynistic bullshit in other books. I'm going to read everything this woman has ever written and I cannot wait for it.
Just as with the Priory of the Orange tree, the book had a slow and careful start. However, it took me a long while, a bit too long, to really get into the story and intrigues. The Priory of the Orange tree started better in my opinion, though I really enjoyed the sphere of the world this book brought to me. Whereas the end of the Priory went way too fast in comparison with the slow and well-written start, this prequel hooked me up more and more in the second half of the book, though I missed something at the beginning. I really enjoyed the last part of the Day of Fallen Night and it made me curious about how the world Shannon describes is connected. Overall, I really enjoyed this book!
Wow, I went into this not realising what I was getting myself into. So much happened plotwise, following multiple characters, and yet it flowed exceedingly well and smoothly. The characters were diverse, their development well written and some more lovable than others. My only gripe is that I felt like the book did drag a little, though to be expected from 800+ pages. Rating: 4.5
I really loved it but not as much as the priory of the orange tree so that's why only 4 stars a lot of the plot points felt recycled from the first book. it was like I was almost reading the same story except with new characters. I did like a lot more of the pov characters here than I did with priory
"Mother we are your daughters. We remember. We remain." My god, I don't even know where to start. This book was beautiful and I am deeply in love with this series. Firstly, I love Shannon's style of writing. It feels so rich and alive - it instantly immerses you in the world she created. Bit by bit, you get to meet the main cast and explore their realms, families and motivations. And what a cast it is. Each and every one of them feels so distinct and unique. They have their own voices and stories. They all work for themselves. And yet, if any one of them was missing the book would not be the same. Eventhough their paths only cross late into the book, and sometimes not at all or never in person, their stories are all intrinsically linked. The world and its magic is so lovingly crafted too. The religions, politics and cultures are so fleshed out, it is incredible. This world really does feel real, not only because of the lush and beautiful writing, but also the incredible worldbuilding itself. Also, very important to me is the way the author treats queer characters. All of them are so casually queer, and noone bats and eye. They are lesbian, bisexual, trans, ace and nb just because they happen to be that way. The only time it impacts them greatly is when they are bound to the heteronormative way a king- (or queen!) dom is deemed to function. I spent the entirety of the last 50 or so pages sobbing. I cannot express how much this book means to me. Samantha Shannon, you own a piece of my soul.