Reviews - Gideon the Ninth

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Gideon the Ninth

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4.27 AVERAGE

cieratara's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark 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

ohngsicht's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark 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

elthereal's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-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

I'm so glad that I finally read Gideon the Ninth. My expectations were very high because I've heard so many good things, and I was afraid that I was setting this book up for failure, but I'm happy to be wrong!

Although the dialogue in the first 30-40% from our main character is questionable (in fact, I found Gideon unlikable for much of the first half), sticking through for the story is so worth it and the second half is all the more impactful because of the character development that you go through with both Gideon & Harrow. Harrow was my favorite character from her first scene so I'm very excited to get into book 2 in due time.

My original, incomplete review for this book was "we are so back" because every so often there's a fantasy book with such strong characters & vibes that it gives me that feeling of excitement that I got with The Mortal Instruments when I started reading as a kid. Gideon the Ninth joins Legendborn & Dark Rise in my personal category of "we are so back" fantasy (of which I highly recommend them all).

magicmerlia's review against another edition

5.0

dark 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: Complicated

larism27's review against another edition

4.0

I really liked the main two characters, world building, and plot. A really good mix of fantasy and science. It took me a while to get into the book, though, with all the different characters. Maybe I should have used the glossary in the beginning more. I'm still very invested in reading the rest of the series.

merlemarijn's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

leahkflynn's review against another edition

4.0

This was a weird book club pick that I didn’t want to read and then I cried at the end which means I guess I’m reading the next one! It was kind of hard to get into, and I wish I knew about the glossary at the end. But there were a lot of mysteries and I did want to see how they played it. Idk it’s a weird one and it was pretty gross sometimes but I got invested so 4 stars I guess!!