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shy_fairy's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and War
elligo's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.25
I had a lot of fun reading Gideon the Ninth. I really loved Gideon as a character. Her dumb jokes and straight forward thinking made her very likable to me. I also adore a good enemies to I-don't-really-know-what-this-is-lovers? story especially if i'ts childhood enemies and especially if it's saphic.
The fantasy aspect of the book was interesting and I loved the mystery of it. The story was a bit gory but I don't mind that at all. I like it a bit bloody and disturbing but I can see how that is not for everyone.
The book loses points for me becaus of the ending. I am just not sur what I am suposed to do with it.
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Vomit
gayghostprince's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail
knerys's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent
beccaand's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Death of parent
Minor: Cannibalism
juliaz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I’m not sure what exactly makes it science-fiction though?? I know they’re like in space and travelling from planet to planet but it still seems like an afterthought to me, even with the futuristic Earth theory. Unless it’ll be more explored in the next books? idk. I didn’t feel like the world building was thrown in my face like other fantasy/sci fi books so it was easy to understand for me.
Overall, I loved the book until the end action scene. I found it was unnecessarily long and made finishing the book so much more unpleasant. I do love the lesbians though. Don’t know what the fuck happened at the end there, but I think
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Vomit
saltylane's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Cursing and Death of parent
Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
house_of_hannah's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
Firstly, this is advertised right on the front cover as, "lesbian necromancers in space". I do feel this a little misleading. The only "confirmed" lesbian character (who could also be argued as bi based on mutliple comments they make throughout the book) is not a necromancer. The story then mostly takes place on Earth, so we're hard pressed to actually have the space vibes that were promised.
For the first 200 pages of this book nothing happens. It mostly consists of our MC, Gideon, walking down hallways, checking out abandoned rooms, and eating food. She isn't allowed to talk to the other people that are there either, so this whole chunk of story is pretty much just urban exploring.
When the plot finally starts to get rolling it still doesn't take off like I thought it would. The main meat of this book happens in the last 40 pages, and the ending just kind of left me feeling like the entire thing was pointless. This is a series, but I just cannot see myself wanting to pick up the next book.
The relationship between the two MCs, Gideon and Harrow, is exceptionally complicated, which does provide some intrigue as we want to see if they can work together. However, their attitudes towards each other shift so drastically in just one scene that it ends up being a bit off-putting. The way the rest of the characters interact with our MCs is just fine though.
The best thing in this book are by far the fight scenes. Unfortunately, they are few and far between, but they really do shine. Overall, I just feel like this story didn't deliver what it was offering.
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit and War
mcbenzie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Abandonment
Minor: Child death, Cursing, and Death of parent
uranaishi's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism
Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War