Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Gideon la Nona by Tamsyn Muir

109 reviews

booksdogsandcoffee'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? It's complicated

4.5

This book…. It gave everything you needed it too. 9 houses that serve the Emperor are competing to becoming lyctors. Each necromancer has a cavalier, except Harrowhark the Ninth. So she tricks sergeant of the ninth house Gideon Nav into being her cavalier for the trials in return for her freedom. 

Gideon, a badass sword wielding lesbian, wants nothing to do with Harrow. But will do anything for her freedom. Together they face the trials the Emperor has put in place for the nine houses. 

This was absolutely phenomenal. Muir writes a captivating story of witt, heroics and horror. The best way I can describe it is the necromancer hunger games with a murder mystery. ONE FLESH ONE END, BITCH!HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

Cw/tw
Gore
Violence
Death
Genocide

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide

doubledevour's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Torture, and Classism

ellawhen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Death and Gore

Moderate: Chronic illness and Genocide

millah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

This book was nothing less than amazing. Why haven't I picked it up before? Well, I guess I didn't know I needed a sci-fi/ fantasy with necromancy, sword fights, sickening gore, terrifying horrors and deliciously dark humour. I did need it. 

The book is filled with important details, a wide range of characters, surprising twists, turns and hidden gems, and my ADHD brain forced me to to stop up at times and re-read certain parts, but that's not a complaint. I'm often an impatient reader, so the fact that I'm invested enough to go back and re-read earlier patagraphs, is probably one of the best compliments I can give an author.

What more can I say? I loved this book. So good. Now, I'm diving into the next one in the series. I have no idea what will happen next, but I am certain that it will hurt, confuse me and amaze me. Can't wait.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, and Abandonment

briely's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying and Genocide

Minor: Suicide

jsantia59's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Genocide, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

misoreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

Found this in a booktok recs for people who liked Arcane (aka me) and shortly after saw someone online calling Gideon and Vi very similar so decided to give it a try. 
Ngl I couldn't drop it once I began reading the first page. It's been the first book I read in less than a week for the first time in ages. I laughed and yell and sobbed.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Genocide, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent

farmchick's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

Hard to follow, but had a great time the whole way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Gore

smileyblue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide

shy_fairy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and War