Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

573 reviews

valerian_honeybee'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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Genocide, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Cannibalism

knightreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, and War

balletbookworm's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

A long-overdue re-read for Elizabeth @ Plant Based Bride's book club.

Now, I did have to kick the audiobook up to 1.75x speed because the narrator was So Slow (look, why is she reading that slow? actual humans do not speak that slowly) and Gideon's dialog snaps off the page. If Guy Ritchie movies existed in the Locked Tomb universe, Gideon would absolutely imagine herself in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Necromancers. (I have jokes! Lol)

I'd forgotten so much about this book, most importantly that Gideon and Harrow are so TEENAGERY towards each other, like a Mean Girls/Stepsiblings mashup. (If this series were starting in 2024, someone somewhere would try to make this a YA simply because Gideon and Harrow are actual teenagers and it's NOT A YA AT ALL. Whew.) And that really does make their eventual recognition that maybe they are friends and do need each other to survive that much better.

I've already got my library hold lined up for <i>Harrow</i> and then <i> Nona</i> bc I'd held off on Nona until I got a series re-read done, so this is the time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

caelinsullivan's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

insideunder's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Medical content, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Classism

Minor: Infertility and War

scottishgremlin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.75

I think I just feel very underwhelmed by this book. I can certainly see why a lot of people I know enjoy it. There were some scenes I really liked and it was an enjoyable read, but Gideon’s dialogue was just very corny and irked me at times and Muir didn’t create the emotional impact she seemed to be trying to in some key scenes. I think I’ll probably read the sequel, though, as the use of second person narration intrigues me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Gore, Suicide, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

estigatetes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-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

Moderate: Body horror, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, and War

adbooks20's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Genocide, Terminal illness, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

melodyseestrees's review

adventurous dark 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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, and War

luckibuns's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Child death, Genocide, Cannibalism, and War