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A review by hex_meghead
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
adventurous
dark
tense
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? It's complicated
4.0
The first half of the book was a very difficult read for me, it was incredibly slow and I didn't like how the worldbuilding was presented. There were also too many character names to remember (it didn't help that all of them had several different names/titles that were used interchangeably) and though the narrator did a fantastic job differentiating their voices, I only started to remember and recognize side characters once half of the cast was dead .
Despite my numerous gripes with the book, I have to give it four stars simply due to the fact that it's persistently been on my mind ever since I finished reading it. The last few hours of the book were fantastic and Harrow has to be one of my favorite characters ever. Even if I felt that the romance was kind of rushed and Gideon and Harrow went from"Hey, I actually kind of like you" to "You are the only thing I care about in this world and I would literally die for you" WAY too fast for me to find it believable, I was rooting for them.
I loved Gideon and Harrow as characters and how they got to be unapologetic badass bitches who seriously hated each other. A lot of stories advertise themselves as enemies to lovers but this is the first book I read where I felt that was actually accurate. I wish there were more female characters like this!
Despite my numerous gripes with the book, I have to give it four stars simply due to the fact that it's persistently been on my mind ever since I finished reading it. The last few hours of the book were fantastic and Harrow has to be one of my favorite characters ever. Even if I felt that the romance was kind of rushed and Gideon and Harrow went from
I loved Gideon and Harrow as characters and how they got to be unapologetic badass bitches who seriously hated each other. A lot of stories advertise themselves as enemies to lovers but this is the first book I read where I felt that was actually accurate. I wish there were more female characters like this!
Graphic: Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, and Death of parent