Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

65 reviews

monochromesong'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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Gore and Violence

ljausten05's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

ileanamadison's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

One of the best books and most inventive magic systems I’ve ever come across. This book is one I’ll come back to over and over again

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

wikikapusta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

solarel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

The first 16 chapters were very very slow. But once I hit the halfway mark it picked up, and after 2/3 in, I finished in a day. 

The characters are fun and the tone is very fresh. It was great and I am devastated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mycatnorbert's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Chronic illness, Infertility, Miscarriage, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

nikenacs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

Me, reading act 1 through 3: oh dang what a great book! Snarky himbo lesbian narrator, vibrant side characters, amazing dense worldbuilding, some murder mysteries, skeletons galore, this is so enjoyable, I see why this gets recommended so much! :) 

Me reading acts 4 and 5: I am in pieces on the floor. I am a broken husk of a person.

This gave me the beautiful Enemies to Power Couple I was so desperately craving, and then immediately yanked out of my small gay hands. The pool scene put the dagger in my heart, and the final fighting scenes pushed it through. I have not loved a protagonist as much as I loved Gideon, and a relationship as much as Gideon & Harrow, in a long time, and now she's DEAD?? Fuck this.

 10 out of 5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness and Terminal illness

carbinara's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt

I read this a while ago, so may have forgotten some

heirofchairs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is dead ass one of my favorite books of all time. God. It's so so so so so so good like this is a bad review but if the concept of "space lesbian necromancers" is enough to perk your interest trust me when I say it's Even Better than that premise suggests.

Also one of the fucking funniest books I've read, like it isn't a comedy specifically but Muir's wit is like if a classical author grew up on Tumblr memes (in a good way)

Anyways please fucking read this buy this please I'm dying 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment and War

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Physical abuse