Reviews tagging 'Death'

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

786 reviews

charcha01's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

dani_365's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Blood, Torture, Death, and Body horror

Minor: Genocide, Death of parent, and Slavery

maidinnah's review against another edition

adventurous 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

LGBT necromantic sci-fi is really all I need to say, but I'll go one step further. Gideon the Ninth is a rambunctious, badass murder mystery that drops you into its world with little explanation. I was forced to puzzle out much of GtN's setting for half of the book, which admittedly left me confused much of the time, but once I was in, I was IN. Charismatic characters, especially in the irreverent, sarcastic Gideon. Rich necromancy-based magic systems. Action-packed swordplay and magic fights. I laughed, I grieved, I was chilled to the bone, I had a blast.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

ctara2123's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, and Cursing

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cannibalism, Terminal illness, Grief, and Vomit

Minor: War

magic_bookends's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

This is the first time I’ve been this obsessed with a book in a LONG TIME

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Death

norygraph's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

I had already added this book to my list for this year when my half sister recommended it. She said “I’m on my third read through of the series. On your first read through you basically won’t understand anything until after.” Which is advice I’m glad I had coming in. I now understand why she said that. There are mystery stories where you know from the jump what’s happened and watch as the characters figure it out. There are mystery stories where the protagonist knows more than the reader and explains everything at the end. This is neither. We know what Gideon knows. Nothing more(in fact somewhat less).

Every time I thought this book couldn’t shock me it did. I can’t wait to read the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Terminal illness, Confinement, Self harm, and Chronic illness

Minor: Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Cannibalism

sopbee's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Cancer, Cannibalism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Violence

thatrandomperson's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.5

This book definitely isn't for everyone, it has a pretty slow start and relies on humor that may not land (or be funny) for some. I wasn't bothered by either of these but my biggest issue with this book was that things don't get explained very often, there is a glossary at the back of the book that explains some terminology but I would have preferred if that information was shown more naturally throughout the book. The biggest strength of GtN is the characters, they all feel very distinct which really helps out considering a lot of them are called by their first name, last name, and a nickname. I'll definitely be checking out other works by Tamsyn Muir and reading the rest of the books in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Terminal illness

brywalls's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Really cool concept, but the book does SUCH A BAD JOB of explaining how anything works! It cannot decide if it is scifi or fantasy, and the rules of the world are so poorly explained that it is not only confusing, but frustrating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism

sas_lk's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

Hm. This is one of those books that you really enjoy, but for some reason you don't love it. Does that even make sense? 
I couldn't really tell you what exactly isn't making me give it a higher rating, except the fighting scenes. This is definitely one of those books where one only understands half of it, but you're still able to enjoy it. However, because of this, when it came to the fighting/action scenes, I completely lost interest because I simply could not picture what was happening, it made me want to skip pages at times - especially the big fight scene (iykyk), which is arguably the part where I should have been the most hooked. 

I think that this made me lose a little bit of interest, which is why it is not a higher rating. And as much as I loved the twists and reveals, it felt at times that the book relied too heavily on shock factor.

However, I will be continuing the series, and hopefully it just gets better from here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death