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Harrow la novena by Tamsyn Muir

96 reviews

evilscientist's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content

marioncromb's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It being roughly a year since i'd read Gideon, so starting this book had me even more confused and doubting my memories than i think the author intended, but once i got that that /was/ the point i was fully on board, brain racing to try and unpick the mystery before Muir reveals it to us slowly, masterfully, thread by thread. The humour is not quite the same as in Gideon but is still very much there. I think this will be the best book i read this year, its only flaw being perhaps it doesn't end in an as self-contained a way as Gideon - its going to be a tough wait for Alecto, but i definitely want to reread both Gideon and Harrow in that time with new understanding & to spot all the clues i missed first time round!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent

Minor: Chronic illness, Confinement, Genocide, Sexual content, Suicide

theoldestbennetsister's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Grief

Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent

ky_q_xoxo's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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: Yes

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I was so confused as to what was happening for like 75% of this book. I suspected, but I was still confuzzled. I didn't laugh out loud as much as I did in Gideon, but I did very much enjoy following Harrowhark's journey. The second person perspective was fascinating, I've very rarely encountered it previously. And then the last 25% happened and WHAM BAM THANK YOU MA'AM so good. I cannot reveal more without spoilers, but everything is wrapped up for the most part, except for one major mystery that I assume will be the lead-in to the next book. Also, the narrator continues to be a superstar in the audio version, and I will certainly listen to Alecto on audio. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder

brenticus's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Gideon the Ninth was a crazy ride, I thought. Tone and worldvuilding were a bit off at times, but largely more than good enough to excite me for this one.

Harrow the Ninth has you wading through the grueling psychosis of Harrowhark as you question how much of what she's seeing, experiencing, feeling, remembering is real. Because very quickly you find that something has changed in the brief period between this book and the previous, and while I don't think it was hard to figure out why there were still a lot of questions to work through.

Mostly I want to call out the best case of second-person narration I've ever seen. The reason why is pretty obvious from the get-go, I think, but still, it works so well and I love it.

Really don't know where the third book is going to take this, but definitely excited to see what disturbing monstrosity Muir cooks up next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Murder

Minor: Sexual content

1smile2hugs3laughs's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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tamsyn muir will be hearing from my therapist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content