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Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

66 reviews

jmcordero's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-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: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Child death, Genocide, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Pregnancy

ashyouwish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Moderate: Suicide

lkj2018's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

rowanbg's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

I spoiled myself for this book and still had no idea what was going on half the time.
Okay but on a more serious note: this book is stylistically experimental, and the fact that it pulls it off most of the time is something that I do have to give it credit for. It would probably pull it off better if every other description wasn't a metaphor and if Muir had put down the thesaurus for half a second, but here we are. 
I will say that I'm an outlier in that the things that other people love are the things that I really don't. I think the memes will make the book age like milk-- dad jokes are eternal, but people in 10 years might not know about miette, or none pizza with left beef. I'm also not a fan of the Gideon/Harrow relationship. Spoilers for Gideon the Ninth-

I just don't believe that someone who has been abused and imprisoned her entire life would fall in faithful, self-sacrificial love with her jailer after seeing her improve after only a month

. And trust me, as a lesbian I am not quick to put down lesbians. There were a number of smaller things that I would like to see someone with more expertise than me talk about, mainly the portrayal of disability and race, because both of those felt weird. In the end, I'll probably read the final book in the trilogy to see how it resolves, but I'm not waiting for it with baited breath. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, and Alcohol

emmaward55's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 I don't know how to review this book without just listing all the swear words I know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Genocide, Gun violence, Grief, and Pregnancy

Also brief allusions to necrophilia and a more detailed description of a lobotomy.

organizedmess's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

The switch to 2nd person was jarring and it will definitely throw you for a loop. As the story progresses, things clear up and at a very rapid pace. Once things start to click, it's like a string of dominoes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement and Cannibalism

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, and Colonisation