A review by takarakei
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What a wild ride. I knew going into this book that it was going to be confusing based on other reviews I've read. I think that helps because going into it not knowing that it might be hard to get through. Unfortunately I was very distracted by personal life things going on, and because of that for the first half of this book I think I was extra confused. Then I read the second half basically in one day/sitting with a few breaks. It's definitely unlike anything I've ever read before, so that makes it rather hard to describe and review. It's either going to be your cup of tea or not. The second half is fantastic once you've gotten to the point where you know the characters
and some of them get killed off so there's less than you start with!
. There's a dry, tongue-in-cheek kind of humor that I loved. Gideon is very snarky and her pov is fun to read.

The character list in the front of this book is way necessary. The characters are often referred to by some combo of first name, last name, house position, some have nicknames and I constantly had to refer back to this character list to understand who was who.

I am excited to continue this series when I have a bit more time to focus on my reading because I do think I will enjoy these possibly even more!
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