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A review by readingwithcoffee
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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? Yes
3.5
Quick review: this book was so much fun but it takes the completely wrong lessons form action animes. To the point many things were contradictory, cliche or predictable when you know Muir is capable of much more if she pushed herself or even reread and noticed she got ahead of herself and didn’t always keep track of characters or why a location change in a fight makes sense.
Muir’s character dynamics and character multidimensional and the way she writes women so central though is incredible.
Muir’s character dynamics and character multidimensional and the way she writes women so central though is incredible.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War