Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Gideon la Nona by Tamsyn Muir

263 reviews

crashjaycintha's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

thewickedbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is immediately my favorite book of January, and I wouldn't be surprised if it makes my top 10 of the year. I was not expecting the emotional toll and I need to read the sequels immediately. Tamsyn Muir is now an auto-buy author for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Torture, Blood, and Cannibalism

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and War

Mass child murder/sacrifice is a major plot device. Two teenagers are murdered in violent ways. Suicide is a major plot device, including parental suicide.

This is a bloody book full of necromantic characters, supported by personal warriors, who have varyingly dubious morals frequently caused by childhood trauma. There is no sexual violence or animal harm, but most other triggers can be found in this story.

katyamarcelle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

layayayle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Toxic friendship

boglord's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Vomit, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and War

alexijai98's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

A note on diversity: the characters in Gideon the Ninth are vastly different in terms of personality and motivations, but as far as I am aware, they are all white. 

It’s early into the year, but I think this might be one of my favorite reads of 2023. It took a second for me to fully get into the world of Gideon the Ninth, partially because I think it was lacking some explicit world building, but pretty soon I was absolutely flying through pages.

Gideon’s perspective is hilarious (I’m a BIG fan of snarky narrators), and paired with Harrowhark’s serious and sometimes downright dreary disposition, it makes for an entertaining pair. I’ve marked so many pages for Gideon’s one-liners alone.

“he gave her turbo cancer” nearly made me scream

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If you’re thinking about reading this book, go ahead and pick it up. You won’t regret it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and War

huntress's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Genocide, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cannibalism

jonie_rich's review against another edition

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

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kateyhb'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Murder

leahb88's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

I really enjoyed this and it has definitely stuck in my mind after finishing. It kinda threw you into the deep end and didn’t do any explaining at the beginning, so I spent the first Act confused. But once I had a grasp on the world and characters wow… I was totally wrapped up in this book and couldn’t put it down! The voice of the main character was really funny and enjoyable to read, which lightened up all the cool necromancer/mystery plot. Definitely recommend reading! I will be reading Harrow as soon as my schedule allows lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Murder