Reviews tagging 'Death'

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

343 reviews

saskiarachel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body horror, Death, Violence, and Grief

whatdoiknowjr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Torture, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

hayleyvem's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Genocide, Infertility, Suicide, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

provo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

I knew before reading this that the plot would not make sense until 2/3 trough, so I was prepared for the confusion.
The finale was something else and bumped my rating from 4 to 5 stars, incredibly satisfying to unwind all the what-the-fuck-is-going-on.
But: check trigger warnings before reading, like there’s a lot of really graphic stuff.
Also maybe not a book anyone should read during an active psychotic episode (this is not a joke).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

itsapaxycab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

I feel really really bad not giving this a full score because this book has broken me down in ways i could not imagine. The writing is incredible, the voice is incredible, the plot is so insanely well done and i have to re read it as soon as i can get my hands on a physical copy to mark up and annotate the shit out of. My only gripe is that it was really confusing, and even near the end extremely hard to follow. Maybe it was just me, maybe it’s meant to be that way, but it felt a little bit off near the end. No spoilers tho. Anyways yes absolutely you should read this book, it’s INSANE 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Genocide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death of parent

vampire_burrito's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't that I was going to get gaslit by a lesbian for 400 pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Blood, Cannibalism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Grief

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Suicide, and Death of parent

persephonefoxx's review against another edition

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

Why was I gaslit for three quarters of this novel? And why did I love it??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Mental illness

Minor: Grief and War

sabrinasun55's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, and Vomit

clarabooksit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Alcohol, and War