Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

36 reviews

faevolution's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Harrow the Ninth is a masterpiece with a story to tell between the lines. At one point a character describes two immortal magicians as having a conversation "simply by reading each other's gestures and expressions and maybe a grunt, an indecipherable code based on familiarity". Harrow the Ninth is that book.

The impact of the moment-to-moment reveals and motivations of the characters make for a fast-paced first read, but there is a stunning depth to this book that only becomes obvious after all the dust has settled and the last page has turned. People suffer deeply here, and the glimmers of their hope and light and passion are made pivotal in that contrast.

You owe it to yourself to read the Locked Tomb series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Moderate: Pregnancy

peach_pie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and War

jmcordero's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, Terminal illness, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical trauma, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Genocide

terranova's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.5

A truly challenging read, with the main character wrestling with understanding as much as the reader. The highly unusual perspective, the nonlinear storytelling and the multiple parallel but highly integrated plotlines leave you wondering for most of the book what is going on - without ever giving you a break or tempting you to put the book down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

Minor: Genocide and Pregnancy

emmaward55's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

 I don't know how to review this book without just listing all the swear words I know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy, Genocide, Grief, and Gun violence

Also brief allusions to necrophilia and a more detailed description of a lobotomy.

danawfaith's review against another edition

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

5.0

I felt like I was going crazy for like 2/3rds of the book. then in the last act I finally got it and the payoff was incredible. And then in the last chapter, just kidding you don't understand anything. Which is what I've come to expect from the Locked Tomb, so five stars.

Excellent use of the second person. The worldbuilding feels very indepth and detailed, despite the fact we spend so little time out in the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Vomit

Moderate: Eating disorder, Medical content, Murder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Genocide