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Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

150 reviews

holyschmitz's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

 "One flesh, one end." This book will have you cracking up over its dialogue and asides, then turn around and break you-- but GOD IT'S WORTH IT. Necromancers in a futuristic space opera setting? Check. Murder mystery? Check. Super buff lesbian with a sword and a sense of humor? Absolutely. Scrawny, sapphic bone adept? You betcha. You'll be cracking up and breaking like the best of eggs over this one, so surrender to The Locked Tomb brainrot and break with me-- you won't regret it. ;)
 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Gore, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Cursing, Confinement, Body horror, and Blood

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

ireadqueerbooks's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Blood, Gaslighting, Self harm, Suicide, Bullying, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Vomit

emsemaroo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny slow-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

4.0

A bloody good time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Vomit, and Body horror

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

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

ft_dev's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

My new favorite series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Cannibalism, Terminal illness, and Cancer

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

idun_aurora'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

Honestly, when my friend sold this book to me as "lesbian necromancers in space", I already knew it was going to my list of Best Books Ever. I was not disappointed! I laughed, I cried, both at the same time. The language is snappy and sassy, and the characters are well-written to the point they feel more real than some real-life people. Will definitely read again, and again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

storykath's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Gotta say, I was very confused a lot of the time. I appreciated that there was no clunky exposition sections, but I did feel thrown into the deep end in terms of the universe and magic system and everything. As such, I didn't always fully understand why everything happened the way it happened (especially towards the end) but overall I could still appreciate what was going on.

Gideon was a fantastic narrator, funny and flawed and truly unique. She's chaotic and hilarious!

This book took me a while to get through, and I think that's partly due to my brain being picky about reading, but also partly because of how gory and tense things got in the story. I couldn't always stomach it for multiple chapters at a time. Between the injuries and the sometimes-dense plot, this was a book I had to tackle in smallish chunks. That being said, I'm starting the sequel right away so I don't forget any important plot points.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Genocide, Murder, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

askjeaves's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I wanted to love this book. But the writing was so dense, and many of the characters were hard to relate to--either terrible people, or good people who were doing terrible things, or just kind of irritating. My favorite characters were relegated to the sidelines and didn't get much time to develop. The romantic relationship that I think I as a queer reader was supposed to be invested in was fraught with manipulation and was ultimately very unhealthy. 

The premise was ultimately very cool, even if some of the book's cooler worldbuilding and lore were obscured by purple prose and needlessly clinical vocabulary. Knowing that the second book is told from the perspective of Harrow (who is particularly pretentious and manipulative) and is supposedly even more confusing at times means I probably won't continue the series.

Also, holy body horror batman! A lot of the visual descriptions reminded me of Annihilation. You've been warned. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Body horror

Moderate: Murder, Terminal illness, Child death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Suicide and Vomit