zannayo 's review for:

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Almost lost me at the 40% mark but at about 45% it got really wild.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Cannibalism, War

(Mentions specific character deaths)

Both kids (13-14yo) die in this. I usually can't handle books that include kids being hurt or dying (and I still struggled with this one) but the way it was written and the fact that the very intense part was only about 2 pages long made it manageable for me.