A review by carbinara
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I just love Harrow and Ianthe and Mercymorn and
Ortus and Gideon
. I’m writing this review about a week after finishing, so I’ve got slightly rose-tinted glasses where I’m forgetting the middle 300 pages where I had no clue what was happening and sort of wanted to abandon it. However, the last 100 pages or so really pulled it together and despite not knowing what was happening most of the time, the action was fun and the characters were compelling. It had a good mix of comedy and seriousness, although I didn’t love the scenes at Canaan house, and thought the book could’ve been a little longer as the final 100 pages were very fast paced (I remember a certain chapter feeling like a soap opera in book form). Still, the storytelling and use of structure in this book were so well done, will definitely lick up the next instalment when its out. 
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