A review by samsquanch
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

There's something about the treatment of Gideon by the Ninth House that reminds me of certain manga tropes. Gideon is endlessly forgiving, despite being thoroughly mistreated her whole life. I didn't find any justice that balanced out the forgiveness and it rubbed me the wrong way.

I wish we got more time with the other characters before they all died!

There's too many loose threads that weren't wrapped up in this book. I really wanted to see Gideon being cool but she really didn't get a chance to flourish.

I thought she would get another chance fighting the cavalier of the third but he "died". What was the point of them fueling in the first place then???

I quite liked the magic system since bones and skulls are very cool.

The narrator was very good, she had so many distinct voices.