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therealratking's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Whats the book about?
After the disaster that was Canaan House, the newly born Lyctor Harrowhark the Ninth is struggling to survive on the Emperor's ship. Not only is her brain fucked up but someone is trying to kill her. To add to all this misery, the resection beasts are closing in and Harrows necromancy has decided to stop working as it should.
Whats my opinion?
This book made me ball my eyes out, a rare feat that only the Locked Tomb series had managed to do. The second person POV, while confusing at first ends up making so much sense that my jaw dropped. I loved following Harrow's messed up daily life and the dark humor introduced in Gideon the Ninth follows through. Overall i loved this book and if you loved the first book, you'll love this one even more.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Cannibalism
tamaraepps's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death and Violence
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit
willow_the_wisp's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
jmcampbell57's review against another edition
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit, Grief, and Toxic friendship
kryg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Grief
n0elle's review against another edition
- 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
Similar to the first part in the series, I spent about 60% of the book being confused but damn did I love it. And then things start to unravel and my jaw dropped so many times.
All of the characters are incredibly well crafted and have so much depth and complexity.
I’m continuously blown away by the author’s capability to give each character such a unique voice.
All in all, it’s a wild ride filled with adventure, mystery, action, fighting, death and gore but als love that defies all rules and realms.
I wish I could write a more eloquent review right now but my mind is still reeling.
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
ailsaod's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Cannibalism, and Death of parent
erinoco's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, and War
Moderate: Body horror and Abandonment
Minor: Death of parent
courtneyfalling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Genocide, Grief, and Religious bigotry
queer_bookwyrm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir is book two in the Locked Tomb series. This book was seriously a let down. The only reason this even got as many stars as it did, is because the action picked up near the end. I think Harrow suffers from second book slump syndrome.
We follow Harrow after what happened last book, except everything is different and nothing makes sense. I figured there was a reason for the memory differences and jumps back and forth in time, but it was a sluggish story. It just took forever for anything to happen, and when things did happen, they didn't really make sense. Harrow isn't nearly as likable as Gideon. I spent most of the book feeling bad for Harrow. You really need Gideon's brand of humor for this dark and gruesome of a story.
I don't want to spoil anything, so I won't go into detail, but things finally start coming together in Act 5 (this is entirely too late in the book for stuff to start making sense), but it threw me through a loop again and it turns out I didn't actually know what was going on. Look, I can appreciate an author playing the long game with the plot, but so much of what happened was unnecessary or repetitive. It was just too dang long for what actually happened.
The other problem is that I didn't find any of the other characters interesting or likable. We spend too much time with Harrow brooding and confused, and not enough time with the other Lyctors. The first book had a haunted space mansion and a murder mystery. This book had a 10,000 year long con that didn't make any sense to me, and a murderous dead planet that is trying to kill everyone.
Still deciding if I want to continue this series. I have been told that Nona the Ninth is much better than this one, but we shall see.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, and Blood