Reviews tagging 'Death'

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

343 reviews

alldesiring's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, and Grief

bestbedhead's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book sent me reeling in the best of ways. I thought the first one was wild but this second installment is bananas. A scary, twisty, confusing, and world shattering kind of bananas. Tamsyn Muir's writing isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea but I love it. This story is complex, layered, and leaves you with more questions than were certainly ever answered. You have to pay attention and work to follow the threads that Muir weaves out in front of you. The switching perspective from 2nd to 3rd and even 1st person felt jarring at first but as you fall into the rhythm of the book it starts to make sense bit by bit. 

Each piece of this story is hard won but when you see them slot themselves into place it is delightfully strange and honestly pretty mind blowing.  I know I'll be rereading this now that I know how it ends and I'm sure there is more to discover on a second read which as a reader is pretty exciting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Blood

alyssanance's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

notthatlibrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Child death and Genocide

bi_blue's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, and Self harm

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

tonni's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

tamsyn muir will be hearing from my therapist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content

aasplund's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

eleanora's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Genocide, and Medical content

roomnosenpai's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book is weird and very confusing at times.  Be warned most of this book is written in second person POV which takes getting used to.  I found this book a much slower read than the first book.  Things eventually speed up at the end but it takes quite a while to get there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Chronic illness and Terminal illness

multiplyoctopi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Blood, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Medical content