A review by lpfoley
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I couldn’t tell if I was crazy or if the narrative voice was crazy for the first half of the book, despite being repeatedly told the narrative voice was crazy. While the second book in the series retains the excellent writing and world-building, the humor doesn’t really play it’s card until later in the book. While that made sense in the narrative and in the context of the characters, it was a bit disappointing. The new characters that were introduced also just weren’t as interesting to me as the ones we (mostly) left behind in book one. Still an excellent read and has me curious about book 3! Just not quite as compelling to me as the first in the series. 
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