Reviews tagging 'Death'

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

343 reviews

_maviena's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child death

avadear's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

amazing! this book was truly a journey. the only reason i didn’t give it a 5 is because it was a very confusing read, but it’s almost meant to be set up that way in order to make the reveals at the end more meaningful.  i have never read a more unique story and set of characters, they all truly were pretty unpredictable, and extremely flawed but some still lovable. so many plot twists and insane magic adventures. i loved the first book and this one is very different from it but still almost set up the same way in which you see all the characters (lots of death btw) they go on an adventure u don’t really understand and then plot twist after plot twist slowly reveals everything. i wish this book would’ve given me more closure at the end but the ending was still so amazing that i can’t really complain, i cant wait for the next book in the series!

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Content Warnings

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

farmchick's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.25

I still don't know what's going on but it's still a great time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing and Suicidal thoughts

lotten4's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

It is in second perspective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

5.0

I have no idea WTF I just read. I didn't understand half of it. Nevertheless, 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Vomit, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Child death

misoreads'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

TALENTED, BRILLIANT, INCREDIBLE, AMAZING, SHOWSTOPPING, SPECTACULAR, NEVER THE SAME, TOTALLY UNIQUE, COMPLETELY NOT EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
It's been a while since a book hadn't touch me like this. Harrow the Ninth is gripping and quite confusing (like everything written by Muir) but is, at last, a cry of grief for the lost and loved ones. This book has became my comfort blanket in the saddest and most twisted way possible. I love it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, and Blood

natroze's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

prettyfunctional's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I was delightfully confused for about 350 pages straight. I thought about this book way too much and finished it way too soon. 
Highlights are the Shakespearian insults, the maddening confusion (and need to know if my theory was right), the casual queer representation, and the way the author left the reader to fill the gaps. I’ll be thinking about this one for a looong time 
Lowlights are the cliff-hanger but that’s what preordering the sequel is for 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

faesissa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

khargaotte's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Genocide and Colonisation