Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

19 reviews

valpuri's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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: Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

ashyouwish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Vomit, Self harm, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Grief, Genocide, Cursing, Chronic illness, Confinement, Colonisation, Cannibalism, Cancer, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide

bluejay21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Grief, Eating disorder, and Child death

organizedmess's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

The switch to 2nd person was jarring and it will definitely throw you for a loop. As the story progresses, things clear up and at a very rapid pace. Once things start to click, it's like a string of dominoes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Alcohol, Gore, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism and Confinement

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, Sexual content, and Colonisation

caitsidhe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

HOLY SHIT.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

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

marioncromb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It being roughly a year since i'd read Gideon, so starting this book had me even more confused and doubting my memories than i think the author intended, but once i got that that /was/ the point i was fully on board, brain racing to try and unpick the mystery before Muir reveals it to us slowly, masterfully, thread by thread. The humour is not quite the same as in Gideon but is still very much there. I think this will be the best book i read this year, its only flaw being perhaps it doesn't end in an as self-contained a way as Gideon - its going to be a tough wait for Alecto, but i definitely want to reread both Gideon and Harrow in that time with new understanding & to spot all the clues i missed first time round!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, and Stalking

Minor: Chronic illness, Confinement, Genocide, Sexual content, and Suicide

plumpaperbacks's review against another edition

Even though I wasn’t the biggest fan of Gideon the Ninth, I was curious to see where the story would go and what Harrow’s narration would be like. I found Harrow the Ninth to be boring and rather confusing, and ultimately decided not to finish at the 34% mark. Even the shortest chapters felt like they dragged on for ages. I also thought that the usage of second person narration was jarring; I’m not used to reading it, and in this instance, since I was already struggling to get immersed in the book, it certainly didn’t help. I’m kind of sad to ditch this book, but I just don’t have the time or energy for books I’m not liking.

Representation:

• lesbian protagonist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

The content warnings above are only accurate for the portion of the book that I read.

toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

What an amazing book. I enjoyed the first in the series but this book was fantastic from beginning to end and honestly made the first book more amazing in retrospect. So excited for the 3rd book when it comes out, this world is so intriguing and I just want to know everything about it. It's really a story and world you can dig you teeth into and get lost in, and manages to mix fantasy and magic with scifi in a unique and compelling way. Definitely will be rereading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

This book deals with a lot of dark themes and death and body horror, due to the nature of its focus on necromancy. Lots of complicated and possibly manipulative and toxic relationships