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Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

175 reviews

whooliio's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Terminal illness, Death, Suicide, Child death, Violence, Gore, Slavery, and Cannibalism

bean_7088's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

Less space, and gay than anticipated, lots of necromancy. 

Was a hard one on audio, there were so many names and people and it was hard to keep track when I couldn't see the names. 

I'll probably re-read it to get a better grip on the whole story since I stopped and started a lot, but I really enjoyed the mystery and intensity of the story. 

Edit: well, I'm glad I re read it right aways 😅 much easier knowing who everyone is also before I had missed the part where they become friends and actually care about each other, so I had been confused. 
It was still good. I  still loved all the casual gay, and Gideon being a shit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Terminal illness, Body horror, Violence, Death, and Gore

Minor: Cannibalism

It's necromancy. It's a little gross

jillian8's review against another edition

adventurous 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

Love love love. Gets even better after you read the second one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Gore, Toxic friendship, Violence, Body horror, Child death, and Suicide

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Minor: Genocide, Cannibalism, and Child abuse

strawberrycandy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, and Cannibalism

Minor: Vomit and Chronic illness

sourkiwi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

I AM SO HEARTBROKEN AND SO INTRIGUED AT THE SAME TIME. this is EXACTLY the shit i’ve been wanting, inject this into my VEINS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Murder, Terminal illness, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Child death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Suicide

bellebeaumont95's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Chronic illness, Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Cannibalism, Confinement, Gore, Terminal illness, and Violence

scifi_rat'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Cursing, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical content, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

achow011's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cannibalism

angelsfw's review against another edition

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: Chronic illness, Death, Body horror, Cancer, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism and Child death

Minor: Suicide

fromthefoxhole's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I think that whoever said Gideon the Ninth is about "lesbians in space" deserves to be kicked in the teeth. It is simultaneously an over and under explanation of the story, which is to say it's almost entirely incorrect. 

I would move to say there is next to no romance here, only subtext and potential. I am awash with feelings, a great many of which amount only to "f***". That said, let me try. 

Gideon the Ninth is DENSE. Less than 500 pages, and yet, at the beginning, I felt as though I were wading through a bog. You'll have millions of questions about the world, and receive precious few answers. I'm still not 100% sure if the houses are full on planets or space stations or some other secret third thing. I do not really understand what a Lyctor is, or why necromancing is even possible in this world. I understand even less what the hell happened in Canaan House. 

Gideon is kind of the prime example for an adult who had a messed up childhood. She is brash, thoughtless, and runs on pure spite. Harrow, her childhood nemesis who also happens to be Very Important to the Ninth House, is cold, reserved, and thinks Gideon has a brain full of rocks. Their mettle and relationship are tested when Harrow half blackmails Gideon into acting as her cavalier (to the furthest I understand, a cavalier is akin to a personal bodyguard?) and accompanying her to Canaan House on the mysterious summons from the Necromancer Prime; the Resurrection; the God of the Nine Houses; the Emperor Undying (yes they're all the one person, and yes, there are actually more titles than the ones listed). Canaan House, as it turns out, is a house of horrors. Nothing is as it seems, no one can be trusted, and the truth is hidden behind doors that should probably have stayed shut. The plot actually picks up around 35% of the way through, and shifts from a slog through unfamiliar terms and jargon into a rather fascinating and terrifying scavenger hunt. 

Listen, I liked this book, I think. I plan to read farther forward in the series to truly decide it, but for now it's at least passable. But god, am I mad at that ending, and am I mad at the empire. We do bones, b*tch. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Confinement, Cannibalism, Vomit, Suicide, Violence, and Toxic friendship