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A review by fantine525
Gideon z Dziewiątego by Tamsyn Muir
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
This was a true rollercoaster of a book. I went from being extremely confused to starting to slowly get it, then to having the time of my life and then back to being even more confused.
I LOVED the world-building! The mixture of necromantic fantasy with space science and a dash of post-apocalyptic themes - absolutely phenomenal. The author throws you right into the universe without any previous explanations, so it’s very confusing at first, but once you start to understand the magic system it becomes fascinating.
I’ve seen some people complain that the humour is immature and, yeah sure, it is, but that the point. I certainly was enjoying myself and laughing out loud.
The plot was amazing, I loved the combination of trials with a murder mystery. The whole theme with different puzzles they had to solve was my favourite, absolutely brilliant. Having said that, THE ENDING?!? Not so great. Nuh uh, to weird for me. The author creates this amazing magic system and once you start to get it, she completely turns it on its headwith throwing in overpowered beings scheming to destroy the universe. Sorry, but I was a bit disappointed.
ALSOPALAMEDES DIES???? MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER??? AGDHEJCJDNLWOWIEBRRB
I was also a bit disappointed with the romance subplot. Although, “disappointed” isn’t exactly the right word. “Surprised” is perhaps a better one. From what I’ve heard, the whole enemies-to-lovers trope that Gideon and Harrow had was supposed to be very important to the overall plot. But, honestly, it was barely there. I thought I’m going to finish this pride month with a good LGBTQ+ ship, but if someone were to tell me, that they were just friends and that I was gaslighted by the fandom, I would’ve believed them. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing, I didn’t read this book for romance after all, but I certainly was surprised.
The beginning was a bit slow and the endingreminded me of this scene in Jurassic World, where the super-killer-dinosaur is about to kill the main characters, but is suddenly attacked by a T-Rex , but overall this was a great book. The plot was slowly getting more and more insane, and I was loving it. Some of the very gory scenes took me aback, but, honestly? They just contributed to the AMAZING vibe this book had going.
8,75/10, would recommend, but I don’t know, if I’m going to read the next one. Who knows?
I LOVED the world-building! The mixture of necromantic fantasy with space science and a dash of post-apocalyptic themes - absolutely phenomenal. The author throws you right into the universe without any previous explanations, so it’s very confusing at first, but once you start to understand the magic system it becomes fascinating.
I’ve seen some people complain that the humour is immature and, yeah sure, it is, but that the point. I certainly was enjoying myself and laughing out loud.
The plot was amazing, I loved the combination of trials with a murder mystery. The whole theme with different puzzles they had to solve was my favourite, absolutely brilliant. Having said that, THE ENDING?!? Not so great. Nuh uh, to weird for me. The author creates this amazing magic system and once you start to get it, she completely turns it on its head
ALSO
I was also a bit disappointed with the romance subplot. Although, “disappointed” isn’t exactly the right word. “Surprised” is perhaps a better one. From what I’ve heard, the whole enemies-to-lovers trope that Gideon and Harrow had was supposed to be very important to the overall plot. But, honestly, it was barely there. I thought I’m going to finish this pride month with a good LGBTQ+ ship, but if someone were to tell me, that they were just friends and that I was gaslighted by the fandom, I would’ve believed them. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing, I didn’t read this book for romance after all, but I certainly was surprised.
The beginning was a bit slow and the ending
8,75/10, would recommend, but I don’t know, if I’m going to read the next one. Who knows?