You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
i started it 3 times but once i finally got into it - SO FUCKING GOOD OMG. im in pain. i know it's not a romance at all, but oh boy that was the most romantic shit ive ever read. gideon and harrow deserve everything, right now.
edit 9/23/23: read it again. still fantastic, still made me want to sob at the end. i will never ever get other them. i hope they kiss in alecto
edit 9/23/23: read it again. still fantastic, still made me want to sob at the end. i will never ever get other them. i hope they kiss in alecto
Extremely fun. Love the voice and prose. Love the worldbuilding and how nothing was explained. Loved the gross, wet, bloody setting and necromancer vibes. Fun characters, but not much interiority and more plot focused than character focused.
I think the main reason this is considered an lgbt book is because the heroines aren’t your stereotypical expected ‘woman’ and I think it’s partially a disservice to the story and worldbuilding that the author has created. It is also partially misleading.
I did not finish this book. It’s not for me. But more stories need to exist where the protagonist isn’t your stereotypical ‘woman’ or ‘man’ and the story just embraces their gender expression unapologetically without that being the story. I’m glad this book exists. We need more books like this.
I did not finish this book. It’s not for me. But more stories need to exist where the protagonist isn’t your stereotypical ‘woman’ or ‘man’ and the story just embraces their gender expression unapologetically without that being the story. I’m glad this book exists. We need more books like this.
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The book was very well written and I loved the blend of genres & styles and the unique voice. However, it was very slow going for me and I just couldn’t seem to get into it as much as I wanted. A shame, since I’ve heard such great stuff about this title. Maybe it was just the wrong book at the wrong time for me.
This was one of my most disappointing reads to date. I was really anticipating this book and was soo excited when i got my hands on it ... the blurb on the front cover literally says "lesbian necromancers exploring a gothic mansion in space" which couldn't be more up my alley!!
However the book felt like a slog for the first maybe two-thirds. I found it extremely difficult to keep up with the amount of world building, characters and environmental descriptions that were just dropped onto my lap. There were like 16 characters to memorize in the main plot and the story wouldn't keep to referring them to just their names [which were already extremely long FYI] which just made it more difficult to keep up. Gideon is a really like-able character but she really wasn't doing much in the story. She'd just sort of wander around and have a chat with people or get knocked out or be annoyed by people while Harrowhawk , the REAL protagonist was exploring and attempting to complete challengers. I love her POV but her POV was admittedly very boring.
the book is like 70% filler and 30% actual plot and adventure. I do really enjoy Muir's writing and found it very fun, especially the gore bits! and the mystery was entertaining - i just felt like the book could've been 200 pages shorter if they cut out all the boring filler stuff. Might consider reading the next installment bc apparently Harrow is the lead but just know my expectations are low.
However the book felt like a slog for the first maybe two-thirds. I found it extremely difficult to keep up with the amount of world building, characters and environmental descriptions that were just dropped onto my lap. There were like 16 characters to memorize in the main plot and the story wouldn't keep to referring them to just their names [which were already extremely long FYI] which just made it more difficult to keep up. Gideon is a really like-able character but she really wasn't doing much in the story. She'd just sort of wander around and have a chat with people or get knocked out or be annoyed by people while Harrowhawk , the REAL protagonist was exploring and attempting to complete challengers. I love her POV but her POV was admittedly very boring.
the book is like 70% filler and 30% actual plot and adventure. I do really enjoy Muir's writing and found it very fun, especially the gore bits! and the mystery was entertaining - i just felt like the book could've been 200 pages shorter if they cut out all the boring filler stuff. Might consider reading the next installment bc apparently Harrow is the lead but just know my expectations are low.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
OMGOMGOFMFMFKMFMGM THE ENDINGGGGG ????? AHHHHHH THE ENDING HARROW THE FIRSSTTT??????WHAT A CUNTY TITLE I LOVE YOU HARROWWWWWWWWWWWWW
i put this off for so long because i thought gideon was a man but unfortunately i was not aware of tamsyn muir's game THIS IS BUTCHFEMME 😭!!! i love griddlehark and their stupid banter and bickering they're everything to me they're like goth caitvi
i kinda did lose the plot and not understand 70% of the happenings of act 3, but i'm happy anyway this was great and i'm excited for harrow the ninth ^_^
I have to admit, I read this book and liked it, and then I listened to it as an audiobook narrated by Moira Quirk and LOVED it. She brings these characters to life in a way that somehow makes their already pithy dialogue so much pithier, their quirks so much quirkier (heh, punny), their distinct personalities so much more distinct. I sit with bated breath, waiting for the final installment of this series and hoping against hope that it will close things out in a satisfying way. It's what Gideon deserves, dammit.