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Ich bin Gideon

Tamsyn Muir

4.27 AVERAGE


A bit too many dick jokes for my taste (you would think the audience was hormonal teenage boys) but this was otherwise a funny, dark read with some nice moments. Gideon is a big loveable dumbass, and Harrow is a creepy loveable ghoul. Enjoyed the side characters as well.
adventurous dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

this is quite possibly the best fantasy i hav ever read. so arcane-esque i dont even think im comprehending everything bc theres just so many layers and religious references. i would love to see the fight scenes animated but i also think making this a show would absolutely ruin it its just too good. im gonna reflect for a second before reading htn i think my brain might explode if i dont

"Lesbian necromancers in space." Exquisite!

this book is not for everyone (dense, tough worldbuilding, little explained directly, too many names) but it is for me. just for me, actually. thank you for keeping me in your heart mrs muir <3
(really beautiful writing with similes i've never seen before, vivid like a dream, main character to die for. people have shit to say about the enemies to lovers trajectory - i thought it was masterful and more convincing than most romances i've read in speculative fiction. it's not even necessarily a romance. manages to be something more in the full sense of the words. but more than anything, this book is SO FUN!! it reads, as sb else said, like a video game, or for me personally it was like an anime. and the action scenes were so slick. idk, i rly loved it.)
adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Huh. I’m kind of stumped on this one. You know how people say, “This book should be a movie,”? Well, Gideon the 9th should be a video game. Tons of puzzles, side quests, and battles, but I still feel like I don’t know what’s going on with their world. The characters are extremely well versed in their world and the challenges they face, but they do little to let us in with them, which is interesting. The religion in this world is so strange but also somehow so familiar. I’ll read the next one, but I’m not really invested, more so curious.
adventurous funny mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ALL THE STARS FOR MY LESBIAN NECROMANCERS AND SEX PAL!!!
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Nice to see a main character that isn't the most powerful person in the book
Thoroughly enjoyed it!
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DID NOT FINISH

DNF