Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

227 reviews

katieanne4's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

holy crap, now that was a BOOK. so frquently i lose interest in the second half, because you're just running downhill towards the end you know is coming. the good guys win, love conquers all. with this book i had no clue what was going to happen next at any point. it wasn't like "shocking twist" it was just like a lot happening. no clue what was going to happen next right until the end. and, so much world building, so many characters to keep straight, but it didn't feel like "god this is a book with too many characters" it kind of felt like "wait who was that i want to remember them so i can figure out what is going on" like it was always right on the edge of too much. anyway. loved it. one of those books that makes me regret spending time with less perfect books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse

pingwoh's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

i did enjoy the premise of the book, especially the different ideas of schools of necromancy, plus the marriage of necromancy to the horror of it. i liked the characters, the development of them, and their overall relationship. i less enjoyed the fact gideon takes about 3-5 business days to learn what everyone else has figured out and also the writing style did take some getting used to - lots of throwing words and phrases out without any explanation or context until chapters later (more in the earlier chapters than later ones, but damn give me a dictionary)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Child death, and Body horror

valorelei's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

one of my favorite books ever. i’m convinced tam muir is a dissociative system at this point (me too)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Cancer, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, War, Chronic illness, Body horror, Gore, and Medical content

cowabb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

An absolutely incredible book! I personally had trouble keeping up with characters, but I think that was just from the sheer speed I was reading this book at. I was OBSESSED with it! I loved seeing the interactions between all the characters, especially between Gideon and Harrowhark (later on, that is). The horror aspects towards the end were so cool to me, too! I'm really curious to see how to series continues after the ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Violence, Child death, Cursing, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicide

tyrianjubilee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Blood, Cursing, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

baileythebeagle04's review against another edition

challenging dark funny medium-paced

4.5

I think a testament to how good this book is the fact that I had no idea what was going on 75% of the time but still enjoyed the ride. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness and Death

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

lyr1cal's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Gore, Vomit, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, and Terminal illness

lunarlibra's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

To everyone who has been talking about how much they love this book for years: I get it now
For some reason it took me a long time to really get into this book (like over 100 pages) but once I did, I could not put it down! (I think it's a me-problem, and for someone else the early chapters would have been immediately captivating.) 
The character development, the mystery, and the increasingly heightened stakes of the book make this a truly compelling read. Also some parts are truly so funny I laughed out loud! That said, it is deeply tragic. I don't usually love tragedy, but something about how the characters handled it felt very real to me in a way that didn't leave me feeling hopeless. 
I think Tamsyn Muir did something truly special with this book, her writing style is very visceral (no pun intended) in that I found myself deeply understanding the characters' emotions from her descriptions of things like time passing. I can't wait to get my hands on the next book!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Abandonment, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Torture, Vomit, Cannibalism, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Colonisation, and Slavery

sabrina_marvil's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-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

3.0

Wrong.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Genocide, Gore, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Incest, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Cancer, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Colonisation, Self harm, Stalking, Trafficking, Torture, Medical content, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Blood, Body shaming, Vomit, War, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Mental illness

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schoha01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Body horror, Confinement, War, Violence, Grief, Child death, Death, Abandonment, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Vomit, and Chronic illness