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hannahpings's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical content and War
juan_adhd_reading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
cuteasamuntin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Eating disorder, Genocide, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, and War
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Murder, and Dysphoria
emalderwood's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
- I don't know how Tamsyn Muir manages to make you love so many characters at once (I didn't think I'd ever love anyone as much as Gideon, but this book had so many people to love).
- I don't have any idea who Nona is but I love her.
- I can't wait to see what happens next because I know it's going to be epic.
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Vomit
Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, War, and Injury/Injury detail
arysuh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
essieruth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
ceruleanshelves's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
“We are one flesh.”
“I am your end.”
you guys... i seriously cannot believe how fucking good this series is. it's taken over my mind.
(spoilers for gideon the ninth and harrow the ninth for my review, just fyi)
picking up a few months after HtN, we follow nona, who is assumably in harrow's body... but who is she?
nona is a loveable, wonderful protagonist and for a good portion of the book it's a bit of a relief from the high tension of GtN and HtN, instead focusing on nona's day to day on a strange, pre- (or maybe mid?) apocalyptic refugee planet, which is experiencing political unrest and turmoil from both blood of eden and the emperor's reign.
Sounds like the start of a joke, right? Two scientists, an engineer, a detective, a lawyer, and an artist walk into a bar to help me become God.
interspersed between nona's day to day are scenes with john gaia as we slowly uncover the final days before the great resurrection 10,000 years prior which has lead to the current circumstances. john gaia is delightfully complicated as a villain, as is ianthe i found in this book. i wasn't expecting that from her from (what i at least thought was) fan worship, but maybe that's also the appeal. and of course, we still get to enjoy muir's excellent humor:
He sighed and said, “We had the internet. We decided to stream.” She said, “What is this internet?” And he said, “See, I did make a utopia.”
“What if I don’t like me?” she said. But Pyrrha didn’t seem to understand. “Well, you’ll probably start visiting clubs and trying to hit on the dancers, and going from relationship to relationship not really being able to commit.”
“What does it mean to love God?” “Decent dinner and a bottle of average rosé. Maybe a movie. I’m not picky,” he said.
as with HtN, the curtain is pulled back more and we're able to piece together more information about this complicated universe muir has written for us. there were some excellent twists, turns, and revelations, but muir would never leave us off without more questions and a cliffhanger ending.
We didn’t even do it right … we were children—playing with the reflections of stars in a pool of water … thinking it was space.”
at this point so far, this could end up possibly being my all-time favorite series depending on how the last book(s) go. here's to hoping alecto doesn't let us down!
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Eating disorder, Vomit, and War
Minor: Cannibalism and Death of parent
alisonvh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
pixelpigeon's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
I was a bit uncomfortable that Nona was essentially like child in a 19 year old's body. Not a spoiler, since this is made apparent in the first chapter. Usually the trope of "beautiful, conveniently legally-aged but supremely innocent woman" is taken to problematic places. I wasn't actively worried that would be the case given Muir's handling of her characters throughout the other 2 books, but I couldn't get fully comfortable with the idea. I suppose it could be argued that this is evidence that you can have a character like that and not make it fucking weird.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
baileythebeagle04's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Medical content