Reviews

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

kierkegaawd's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

250 pages of long winded world building, and then 250 pages of finally some fucking good shit is going down. 

The end was great; I pulled an all nighter to finish those last two hundred pages. But I still feel like I was missing some sense of relief. Like all of these mysteries had been swirling around in the book together and the finale happened and I got, like, some catharsis. I didn't get the crazy "Aha" moment I felt owed. This was a gripe I also had with the first book, Gideon the Ninth. The relationships between characters are the best bits, and the plot twists are just okay.

I am still as obsessed with Harrow and Gideon's relationship as I ever was. And I'm finally engaged with the world building, so I'll definitely be reading the next one at some point.

emmeline790's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

rybie's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

5.0

comingo's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

sonia_reading's review against another edition

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and love how it adds to the world building we read in the first. But I did find it drawn out too much in the middle. 

sophiepmeeks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

leilaofpaper's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

cristina19's review against another edition

5.0

Truly made me violently throw up blood

kayeleen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.75

trishfitzpatrick's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75