solarel 's review for:

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

4.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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While I liked this one a fraction less than Gideon, the last third of the book hooked me yet again. The author is seriously phenomenal when it comes to unraveling a mystery one inch at a time. 

and those terrible jokes! I loved it there towards the end. “Hi I’m not fucking dead, I’m dad. Shut up John Hahahha.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent