Reviews tagging 'Death'

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

343 reviews

boutofbibliophilia's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

You will not know what is going on for most of the book and then you see the pieces come together in such a satisfying way. Stick to it!

The audiobook is superbly narrated by Moira Quirk.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy

no_u14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

rtaire's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Grief, and Toxic friendship

flapidus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore

punkrobots's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

this book is amazing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Vomit

Minor: Drug abuse and Torture

ithladin's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Dementia, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mxex's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Death of parent

vaxis's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I'd heard a lot of talk about how book two is jarring, confusing, and that it takes too long to make sense. Honestly, it's not that bad. Make sure you remember who characters are, and it's fine. It's a mystery, so nothing is supposed to make sense at every step, or even for a while. 

The narrative switches between third person limited, usually during a flashback, and second person. Normally I really dislike second person; this is handled as though someone is narrating Harrow's actions and responses to her. It's not a narrative trying to get you to imagine yourself as the character, but someone explaining what is going on to someone who is having some memory difficulties. 

The other thing I heard is that this is a book that gaslights you, and that is largely due to a lot of contradictory information that differs from Gideon and is clarified later. Spoiler explainer:

Harrow altered her own memories to forget what actually happened in book one, and regains true memories before the end of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

helfire124's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

solarel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

While I liked this one a fraction less than Gideon, the last third of the book hooked me yet again. The author is seriously phenomenal when it comes to unraveling a mystery one inch at a time. 

and those terrible jokes! I loved it there towards the end. “Hi I’m not fucking dead, I’m dad. Shut up John Hahahha.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Cannibalism and Death of parent