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What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher

8 reviews

meltingpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

Suprisingly I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as I liked the first book, but I did still have a good time reading this! I did enjoy getting to see Alex again, this time back at their family's old hunting lodge where a creature from an old folktale is said to reside. This creature kills by sitting on your chest and stealing the air from your lungs while you sleep, which is terrifying! We also saw Alex dealing with the after effects of the events of the first book, and some characters come back like Angus and Miss Potter. This is more of a slow burn horror, much of the eerie stuff doesn't come into play (for me at least) until the second half. I listened to the audiobook for this and I think the narrator did a wonderful job with it! Trigger warnings everywhere for this one, including: anxiety, PTSD, fungus (again), depression, sickness of the lungs, body horror, animal violence, and discussion of the war.

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caffeinatedbookwoorm's review

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dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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thegayestghost's review

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dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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cleverruhs's review

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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br3anna_'s review

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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

3.0

Here's a sum of how the book went for me: 📉📈📉

In the beginning chapters (1-4), I was struggling to push through as I've been in a reading slump recently. Therefore, the long chapters didn't help.

Pros:
Something about T. Kingfisher's writing in this series is that you feel attached to the characters. Every single one of them you end up liking. Angus.. Alex.. and Miss Potter.. and now, in this case, Bors and his grandmother the Widow.

I'm happy to see no one died in this story..

You may be wondering why I rated this book less than the first..
I rated it 3 stars because it didn't have the same magic that I received when reading What Moves The Dead.
Everything connected to a point it was satisfying.

Within the middle chapters (5-9), it began to pick up for me personally.
I even found myself theorizing often! For example: there's more than one moroi.. The Widow is the moroi..
And that possibly the moroi could have different human forms.. one for dream world, as well as a moth for dream world.. and another for the real world.
Turns out it wasn't anything like that, which felt like a missed opportunity.

Inside of the ending chapters (10-14), I cried.. You don't do that to horses, man. Even if you don't mean it 😭 The skin literally peeled off..
I was really fearful for my boy, Alex. He was cutting it close there..

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pipettesandpages's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I absolutely loved What Moves the Dead and went into this with real high expectations. This book continues to follow Alex Easton as ka* heads back to kans homeland, Gallacia. There are still very much gothic themes and imagery, but it takes much longer to get an unsettling feeling we got in What Moves the Dead. I do love we got to understand more of the culture of Gallacia and I think the novella did an excellent job at explaining necessary world-building lore. The story itself is fairly slow in the beginning due to the world-building. However, the last 1/3 of the book is amazing and gives you those same creepy feelings you got from the first book. I would recommend reading this if you enjoyed the first one, just know there’s less horror and more mystery

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michaelcattigan's review

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adventurous dark funny tense fast-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

4.0

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keiraonyxraven's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I was thrilled for this release after really enjoying What Moves The Dead and I excitedly awaited the return of Alex, Hod, Miss Potter and Angus.

Kingfisher as always, created a flawless setting. Their atmospheric and detailed descriptions transported me deep into the wintry Gallacian Forests and inside the creepy hunting lodge. Kingfisher really has a talent for creating endearing and likeable characters, with the return of our favourite foursome and the introduction of several new personalities. I loved the sweet and mild mannered Bors and even the mean old Widow had a likeable quality adding humour and sass to the story. I was completely invested in the fates of each and every character in this novel and that kept me engaged until the end.

Unfortunately, this is where my praise dwindles. Kingfisher is one of my most beloved authors, so I am sad to say that the storyline and plot for What Feasts At Night just didn’t live up to its predecessor. Far too little actually happened to progress the story and the threat was passive at best until the very end. Unfortunately there were no real suspenseful moments for me either and the conclusion left me disappointed and underwhelmed.

That being said, I will still immediately buy anything Kingfisher writes and I still maintain my love for this author and their books. This particular book just wasn’t my favourite.

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