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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
I loved this book! The further I read, the more it sucked me in (that's what she said). It's gruesome, it's funny, it's thrilling. And this is the first fight scene I've ever read that involves only women and there's no mention of asses, breasts, lips, or flowing locks of hair - FINALLY!!
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
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:
Yes
DNF
Okay, wow, no, I do not vibe with this book at all. I expected something different. Granted, I dnfed this pretty early on because already the beginning wasn't really it for me. I know why I normally don't read sci-fi because I find the settings very difficult to imagine and the same happened here. Also you tell me, Gideon tried to flee from there eighty-seventh, 87, times and still fails to the point where all the characters she meets on the way out are just like "Really, you try that again?" Idk. Where these characters "attempt" to stop her, I found it was so sloppily done. Harrow's try to persuade her to go to meeting first before leaving at least made sense, for then Gideon would have a bit of a headstart if she was seen right before leaving for good, she might not be missed so early.
Idk, I struggled with the world building a lot and the story couldn't pull me in. There are too many other books to read that might capture my attention better than this one did.
Okay, wow, no, I do not vibe with this book at all. I expected something different. Granted, I dnfed this pretty early on because already the beginning wasn't really it for me. I know why I normally don't read sci-fi because I find the settings very difficult to imagine and the same happened here. Also you tell me, Gideon tried to flee from there eighty-seventh, 87, times and still fails to the point where all the characters she meets on the way out are just like "Really, you try that again?" Idk. Where these characters "attempt" to stop her, I found it was so sloppily done. Harrow's try to persuade her to go to meeting first before leaving at least made sense, for then Gideon would have a bit of a headstart if she was seen right before leaving for good, she might not be missed so early.
Idk, I struggled with the world building a lot and the story couldn't pull me in. There are too many other books to read that might capture my attention better than this one did.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
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
This is a Booktok recommendation win! I’d been seeing it all over and I finally got from the library.
First sentence and I was enthralled: ‘In the Myriadic year of our Lord– the ten thousandth year of the King Undying, the kindly Prince of Death! - Gideon Nav packed her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and she escaped from the House of the Ninth.’
This has SO much world building that was incredibly interesting but kinda hard to follow. The writing was good enough that I was still interested when people were monologuing.
I will say my initial theories were completely wrong and I shook by some of the reveals. Though nothing comes from Gideon’s dirty magazine which was disappointing.
It’s kinda interesting that this futuristic world with intricate rituals/advanced magic and procedures also say things like “It’s go time.”
Some of the names are needlessly complicated and made up. Harrowhark I kept wanting to call her HarrowSHARK and then you have Gideon.
I’m down to read the next book.
“Down there reside the sum of all necromantic transgression… the unperceivable howl of 10,000 million unfed ghosts who will hear each echoed footstep as defilement. They would not even be satisfied if they tore you apart. The space beyond that door, profoundly haunted in ways I cannot say, and by means you won’t understand, and you may die by violence, or you may simply lose your soul.”
“The Eighth never forgot that the Ninth was never meant to be.”
First sentence and I was enthralled: ‘In the Myriadic year of our Lord– the ten thousandth year of the King Undying, the kindly Prince of Death! - Gideon Nav packed her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and she escaped from the House of the Ninth.’
This has SO much world building that was incredibly interesting but kinda hard to follow. The writing was good enough that I was still interested when people were monologuing.
I will say my initial theories were completely wrong and I shook by some of the reveals. Though nothing comes from Gideon’s dirty magazine which was disappointing.
It’s kinda interesting that this futuristic world with intricate rituals/advanced magic and procedures also say things like “It’s go time.”
Some of the names are needlessly complicated and made up. Harrowhark I kept wanting to call her HarrowSHARK and then you have Gideon.
I’m down to read the next book.
“Down there reside the sum of all necromantic transgression… the unperceivable howl of 10,000 million unfed ghosts who will hear each echoed footstep as defilement. They would not even be satisfied if they tore you apart. The space beyond that door, profoundly haunted in ways I cannot say, and by means you won’t understand, and you may die by violence, or you may simply lose your soul.”
“The Eighth never forgot that the Ninth was never meant to be.”
adventurous
dark
funny
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
this is just okay. much more of a slog than i expected but the ending was interesting enough i’m going to give the second book a try.
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It’s good, but there were some fight scenes that were too drawn out for my liking and a whole lot of gore. The writing was very good.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes