rationalnerd's Reviews (92)

Harrow the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

4.5

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Where you're unsure whether the characters are losing their mind or the world they live in is getting completely insane.

Psychological horror. Contains a mean sword, an approximate notion of time, and soup. The best tasteless soup.

Gideon the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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When a friendly necromancy challenge between the champions of eight Houses turns into a murder mystery novel. Contains sword fights, quiet games, and titty magazines. 

The ending is... Intriguing. Depending on how future books go, I may change to another rating. I'm a mix of invested and concerned regarding the fate of some of the characters.