Reviews tagging 'Death'

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

343 reviews

abbyschalupa's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

beingsimba's review against another edition

4.0

My utter confusion about what was happening for a solid 70% of this book kind of dampened my enjoyment of it. In saying that, Harrow the Ninth is a fantastic sequel. It reinforces the amazing qualities of Muir's writing (creativity, character voice and wit among my favourites) and maintains tension throughout, making it an easy read-through-the-night binge.

As mentioned, I found the plot and narrative quite confusing

(and even after the resolution, I'm not sure how much I truly enjoyed Harrow as an unreliable narrator)

and at the end of the day I wasn't as invested as I was for Gideon the Ninth but I'm still eager to see where this series goes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Vomit and Medical content

cozyscones's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Cannibalism

theatrealpaca's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad fast-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: Death, Violence, and Death of parent

phantomdoodler's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy

judetime's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

Part of it is written in second person and there are perspective switches, which isn’t everybody’s jam. I didn’t mind the second person so much.

Also: it hurt so bad. Tamsyn Muir is ruining my life. This is my favorite book series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Genocide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and War

leecyph's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I preferred the first book in the series, mainly because I found Gideon better company than Harrow much of the time. For 3/4 of the book I had absolutely no idea what was going on. I trusted the process, and the last quarter was fantastic and so fun. Gotta say though, if book 3 is still more delayed gratification, I don't think I can handle it, and frankly, I'll be a little pissed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death and Genocide

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Medical content, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Religious bigotry

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and War

tieflingkisser's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent