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Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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chovind's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

You will go "wait, what the hell" about a million times, but it's all worth it in the end when it comes together!

spookyoh's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I liked this book. I liked it a lot. The writing was great and the story was interesting and it feels like a crime to give it less than 4 stars. However.

Harrow the Ninth was such a departure from Gideon the Ninth that for most of the book, I had a hard time getting into it. I loved Gideon so much as a character, and while I missed her, I was excited to learn more about Harrow. But I really didn’t. I mean, sorta kinda, but it was all overshadowed by my least favorite trope of all time: amnesia. It all came together in the end (in the most confusing and dramatic was possible) but because of this I felt lost and frustrated for most of the book. I think that’s how I was supposed to feel, but after the fun humor and mystery of GtN, it felt like a letdown. I didn’t care about the characters in HtN the same way I cared about the characters in the first book. Overall, I felt confused.

I do plan on reading Nona and Alecto, but I think I need several business months to process HtN before I even attempt to dive in to even more confusion.

theo_retical's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

fictzn's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

giving it 4* for now because i need to reread it first. reading this was very confusing and after finishing it, i understand why. i find myself liking gtn more mainly because of gideon, that’s not me saying i don’t like harrow btw!! gideon’s presence in gtn made it more fun.

for 70% of the book, i had so many questions (which were eventually answered), but it did feel like i was just overloaded with info and i kept stopping at random paragraphs (my fault really).

i’ll update again once i’ve reread this.

leaz_life's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I quite literally hated everything about this book. There were so many words for absolutely no reason and every character had a different nickname every page. It was like she put used a plot randomizer for every chapter. I have Gideon a 5 star so I’m just gonna treat it as a stand alone