A review by taylorbarks
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

I devoured this book in a view days. Remarkably unique setting straddling both fantasy and sci-fi. The make-or-break feature for most will be the prose, which one will either love or hate. It vascillates between the verbose and descriptive to the terse and laconic, often creative, often comedic. I enjoyed it greatly. I can see how others might not. Either way, Tamsyn Muir has a unique and striking voice.
One of my favorite reads this year. Thoroughly recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Death, Grief, Medical content, Violence, and Gore

Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, Vomit, Cancer, Child death, and War