Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

8 reviews

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nefariousbee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

read it for the third time, it just doesn't get old. each time I find something new, something I missed, something I can appreciate more with knowing more from other books or fan theories. it's hard to get into it once you do... I haven't read a more impactful book series. there is just so much depth to everything. we could study this thing for entire semesters and never run out of stuff to talk about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

iane_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Dementia, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kiriona_gaia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

piphux's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Genocide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Cannibalism

Minor: Ableism and Adult/minor relationship

arobear's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

So conflicted on rating this book. In my heart I know it's a 5...

(but honestly the ending killed me and I want to yell for a long time.... I'm not sure I'm going to be ok anytime soon...)

but my feelings are complicated to put it best. I'll 100% be rereading it in the future though, and the sequels one I give myself a minute to recover. 

Worldbuilding and character development are excellent; the setting feels mysterious throughout and (for better or worse) I love the characters. They're my shitty little children now! 

Be ready for strong emotions though, fair warning. 

I want to see where it goes with the necromancers in space thread next. Not sure it will be for a while though.... just ugh my heart, I have so many feelings...

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Abandonment

Moderate: Physical abuse, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, and Vomit

hannahjack05's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

razishiri's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, and Suicide