Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

97 reviews

marinamelanidis's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Gore, Death of parent, Violence, and 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

fox_at_the_circus's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The book starting out in second person threw me for a loop, but it was such a great tool to explore, how traumatised Harrow is and her in general. Also the POV switching to third person in the flashbacks makes it really easy to distinguish the different time lines.

Also, when it was revealed, that it was Gideon talking to Harrow this whole time with the "you", that was just an amayng plot twist!

Harrow's paranoia really set the darker tone of this book and it worked so well with the lonely fortress in deep space setting and makes the mystery just so much more mysterious.
I also really enjoyed, that this book spent more time with characters, that were just mentioned in the first book like Abigail and Magnus. And all the new characters are super interesting, too. Just like in the first book the relationships among them are written so well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Gun violence and Terminal illness

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

5.0

I have no idea WTF I just read. I didn't understand half of it. Nevertheless, 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Medical content, Vomit, Self harm, and Gore

Minor: Child death

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

prettyfunctional's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I was delightfully confused for about 350 pages straight. I thought about this book way too much and finished it way too soon. 
Highlights are the Shakespearian insults, the maddening confusion (and need to know if my theory was right), the casual queer representation, and the way the author left the reader to fill the gaps. I’ll be thinking about this one for a looong time 
Lowlights are the cliff-hanger but that’s what preordering the sequel is for 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Vomit, Blood, Death, Gore, War, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content

khargaotte's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Grief, Murder, Blood, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Gore

Moderate: Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Genocide and Colonisation

jayecard's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Grief, and Gore

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

gayghostprince's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I'm sad wtf :'(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Gun violence, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Death, Violence, Suicide, Body horror, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Child abuse, Mental illness, War, Vomit, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cancer, War, Chronic illness, and Suicidal thoughts

cw for lobotomies and brief apocalypse mentions

knerys's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Confinement