A review by rufaroz
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

I'm not sure why it's acceptable here for a victim of abuse to fall in love with their lifelong abuser just because the abuser says "but I did it because I live you!" Is it acceptable because both characters are women? If the abuser had been a man instead, the book would have been excoriated. It's ghastly regardless of their genders, and I totally fail to comprehend the love this book gets.
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