Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

66 reviews

armand's review against another edition

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

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

5.0

a beautifully crafted masterpiece. not an easy read at all, but certainly a very rich one. muir is easily one of my favorite writers of all time and this book cemented it!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Cannibalism and Genocide

solarel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

While I liked this one a fraction less than Gideon, the last third of the book hooked me yet again. The author is seriously phenomenal when it comes to unraveling a mystery one inch at a time. 

and those terrible jokes! I loved it there towards the end. “Hi I’m not fucking dead, I’m dad. Shut up John Hahahha.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cannibalism and Death of parent

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.75

this whole series is absolutely brilliant. no idea how the author managed to plan all of THIS but consider me impressed. 
i saw someone descrive this book as “an acid trip written in second person” and i can’t help but agree, loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Cannibalism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Toxic friendship, Death, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Child death

relin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I still am untangling so much of what happened. What a ride. Plan to reread because there are so many details that you are bombarded with that would have answers, but only if you knew which questions to ask.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Gore, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Mental illness, Body horror, Blood, Alcohol, Grief, Gaslighting, and Cursing

Moderate: Confinement, Abandonment, Eating disorder, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Genocide, Child death, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

lolo626's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

Confusing as balls

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism and Eating disorder

cozyscones's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Cannibalism

hidemybook's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cannibalism

carbinara's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I just love Harrow and Ianthe and Mercymorn and

Ortus and Gideon

. I’m writing this review about a week after finishing, so I’ve got slightly rose-tinted glasses where I’m forgetting the middle 300 pages where I had no clue what was happening and sort of wanted to abandon it. However, the last 100 pages or so really pulled it together and despite not knowing what was happening most of the time, the action was fun and the characters were compelling. It had a good mix of comedy and seriousness, although I didn’t love the scenes at Canaan house, and thought the book could’ve been a little longer as the final 100 pages were very fast paced (I remember a certain chapter feeling like a soap opera in book form). Still, the storytelling and use of structure in this book were so well done, will definitely lick up the next instalment when its out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Cannibalism, Death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

eleanora's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-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: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, and Death

Minor: Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

natroze's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Cannibalism, and Medical content