Reviews tagging 'War'

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

114 reviews

threeredwood'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Terminal illness, War, and Child abuse

mycatnorbert's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Vomit, Suicide, Murder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Abandonment, Death, War, Cancer, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, and Emotional abuse

savvy999's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense 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

4.25

My big buff gal. :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, War, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

Minor: Abandonment

phantomdoodler's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, and Body horror

Minor: Colonisation, War, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Child death

em_of_swags's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Chronic illness, and Child death

Minor: War and Vomit

orlagal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and War

anntharai's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

At first I thought this was going to be another victim of its own popularity as it took me a while to come around, but without the epic expectations set by other readers I would have loved it from the start I think. 

It’s funny, dark, and genuinely entertaining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Blood, War, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Cursing, Confinement, Child death, Violence, Slavery, Murder, Death, Classism, Child abuse, and Cancer

annapox'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Torture, Vomit, Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Medical content, and Cursing

Moderate: Cannibalism, Blood, Grief, and Self harm

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, War, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide, and Slavery

trickphoenix's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Self harm, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: War, Grief, and Cancer

vhispas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Let me preface this by saying I want to throw up (in the best way). 

At the start I was really drawn in by the style, the wittiness and I was laughing. And then as the story progresses and the tone changes and suddenly I had my heart in throat and I wanted to throw up. 

There were many things I loved in this book but I think its best attribute is the world and ambience it creates through character and scenery. I loved how the relationships were developed and how the story unravels towards the end of the book. I will say that with so many characters and elements it sometimes gets confusing. 

The necromancy system, of which we get enough to be curious about but not overwhelmed, was amazing! It has been a while since I enjoyed a magic system this much. The book is fairly gory and there are plentiful descriptions of a lot of bone and viscera. It also handles very heavy topics surrounding death that may not be for everyone. 

I do really like this book, even if I’m currently at the edge of sobbing with a knot on my stomach. I also learned a lot of vocabulary! So that’s nice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Cancer, and Body horror

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: War