Reviews - Gideon the Ninth

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Gideon the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

4.27 AVERAGE

seajay0's review

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Yes

ghostinsurance's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious 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: Yes

The epilogue.. it might be the best part of the book, just masterful.

I found this book so refreshing. It was just different from your standard fantasy/science fiction. The plot is well-designed and entertaining, keeping you reading at every turn. The different commentaries on topics like trauma, social/familial pressure, and queerness are perfectly subtle throughout the story. I also appreciated the characters throughout the book. Not only is the MC done well, but each supporting character is well crafted with complexities and intrigue.

mindybookbear's review

5.0

Oh, so good! I don't know why I didn't read this sooner.

In a universe where necromancy is a regular thing, Gideon lives in the ninth house. She is a foundling raised by them, sometimes tortured by them. Harrow is of the same age but a true child of the house. Gideon yearns for freedom, but her last chance is a meeting of all nine houses to have the heads become the servants of the emperor. Harrow as necromancer, Gideon as caviler/protector. But this is no normal meeting and as danger rears its ugly head both will have to come into their own to survive...if they can.

Pulse pounding read that was unputdownable. Shockers galore keep you from sussing out the next thing all the time. Can't wait to get to the second title.

1storygiraffe's review

2.0

dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

There were a few things about this novel that I did like, namely Gideon's personality and the dark and immature humor that permeated the story, but good grief, this story was a slog to get through. Gideon was a shockingly passive protagonist for much of the novel and spent a truly inordinate amount of time lounging in solitude while people dropped like flies around her. Gideon is kept so far in the dark for so much of the novel, I could hardly bring myself to care about anything that was happening.

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i really found gideon quite insufferable

not gonna say im glad shes dead buuuuuuuuut

i feel like the first section on the new planet was just very slow cause gideon doesnt know whats happening so it was a bit dead ngl wish that part had been shorter, also i thought it was like ninth was necromancers but everyone else had there own like fun skill, but then... they were just all necromancers... so like not really that special ig...

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