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Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

74 reviews

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

ababbabby's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-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

4.75

the only reason why i feel like i can’t quite give it 5 stars is that the first book set my expectations very high. i really enjoyed this one! it’s a great sequel, loved the different povs and seeing the way all of the nonsensical pieces came together to sort of make more sense in the end. 

i did find myself re-reading bits a few times because i got a bit confused, but overall it was a really good read and i think it works great as a follow-up to gideon the ninth. however it has left me with So Many Questions this is horrible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content

tenpn'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

5.0

Spectacular. Thrilling. Really loved the split structure and the mysteries of the book, as well as the cast of characters. The violence is as explosive as ever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Sexual content

jkpiowa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The first book in this series, Gideon the Ninth, is known for being extremely confusing until everything sort of clears up in the last chapters of the book. Harrow the Ninth is the same, except I was left with even more questions at the end than I was with Gideon. 

This book picks up immediately after Gideon and is not remotely a standalone story. The story is intentionally left obscure and confusing until the ending, where it is revealed this obscurity is a piece of the plot. The ending is a cliffhanger, though I don't know if it's a cliffhanger that will be picked up in Nona the Ninth, or if it's just a cliffhanger ending to Harrow's story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Minor: Sexual content and Emotional abuse

pbarrett5275's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

At first I wasn't sure if I'd like where the plot was headed after I finished the Gideon of Ninth. I soon released it didn't matter what I thought because I had no idea what was going on. The beginning of Harrow the Ninth can be tough, but ultimately this sequel lives up to it's predecessor and possible even more. Despite being quite perplexed, I found myself enjoying the new storyline as much as I was confused by it. This book is a bit darker, but still had plenty of good laughs, mystery, and soup. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters added to the mythology as well as those with newly expanded roles from the returning cast. Unlike Gideon, Harrow the Ninth actually takes place in space, and is filled with plenty of new adventure, expanded world building, and easily the best fight scene in the series to date.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, War, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

bookspaperink's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Violence, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual content, and Vomit

olivia_manes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child death, Colonisation, and War

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Minor: War and Sexual content

hotaruhime's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

5.0

Absolutely stunning novel. It's written in a completely different style than Gideon the Ninth so it can initially be difficult to get started. However, it immediately begins to weave a mystery connected to the previous book that kept me hooked through sheer frustration. It's lesbian necromancers in space; what's not to love?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Medical content, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, and Violence

daydreamermoonwalker's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

Original review: 4/5 stars

The first half of the book was really confusing and kinda boring, but I kept reading because I love the characters and wanted to see what happened to them. I'm glad I did, because the second half of the book was excellent. It was fast paced and all the mysteries from the first half got answered. Another thing to note is that a good chunk of the book is written in 2nd person pov, which was an interesting experience. And it's very different in tone compared to Gideon the Ninth, which isn't a bad thing, just a bit jarring.

Updated review: 5/5 stars 

This books is *so* much better the 2nd time reading it. All the confusing aspects from the first read make more sense, but it's complex enough that you're still trying to figure out all the details and foreshadowing. The 2nd person POV is weird to get used to at first but god is it genius. This is one of those books that's so complex, interesting, and just plain funny that I'll be rereading it for years to come. Oh and I absolutely love Muir's writing style. Again it's kinda weird at first, but once I got into it it was fantastic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Violence, Stalking, Vomit, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Body horror, and Colonisation

Minor: Chronic illness, Sexual content, and War