15.4k reviews for:

Harrow the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

4.38 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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: Complicated

abrasively phenomenal. makes me feel dumb and like i’m reaching enlightenment all at once. 
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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
adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A great follow up to the first book, but its constant gaslighting as narrative device was annoying at times. I mean that is part of story, and its on purpose (and kinda cool to do), but ive never read a book where it gaslights you about the events of the previous book. 

fucking incredible 
challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Tamsyn Muir you unspeakably audacious incredible writer what have you done with my heart? 
dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

So much of this book was spent saying ‘what the fuck’ to myself over and over. But I still had fun at the end!
adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional funny 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
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Everything I loved about the first book was stripped away in this one. The author's desire to confuse the reader far outstriped her desire to tell and engaging story. 
The personality shift and character swaps, while for a purpose, had me reading a book devoid of the elements that drew me to the story in the first one. 
It all comes back around in the end for those that want to stick it out, but it was not an enjoyable process getting there and I feel could have been told more elegantly than it was.