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A review by sas_lk
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
Hm. This is one of those books that you really enjoy, but for some reason you don't love it. Does that even make sense?
I couldn't really tell you what exactly isn't making me give it a higher rating, except the fighting scenes. This is definitely one of those books where one only understands half of it, but you're still able to enjoy it. However, because of this, when it came to the fighting/action scenes, I completely lost interest because I simply could not picture what was happening, it made me want to skip pages at times - especially the big fight scene (iykyk), which is arguably the part where I should have been the most hooked.
I think that this made me lose a little bit of interest, which is why it is not a higher rating. And as much as I loved the twists and reveals, it felt at times that the book relied too heavily on shock factor.
However, I will be continuing the series, and hopefully it just gets better from here.
I couldn't really tell you what exactly isn't making me give it a higher rating, except the fighting scenes. This is definitely one of those books where one only understands half of it, but you're still able to enjoy it. However, because of this, when it came to the fighting/action scenes, I completely lost interest because I simply could not picture what was happening, it made me want to skip pages at times - especially the big fight scene (iykyk), which is arguably the part where I should have been the most hooked.
I think that this made me lose a little bit of interest, which is why it is not a higher rating. And as much as I loved the twists and reveals, it felt at times that the book relied too heavily on shock factor.
However, I will be continuing the series, and hopefully it just gets better from here.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death