Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

354 reviews

mngwa's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book took me a while to get into. I knew the writing was good but it didn't click. I got myself to a place where I just sat down and finished it and I'm really happy I did. The ending was so lovely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Dysphoria, Bullying, Death of parent, Suicide, Confinement, Child death, Grief, Murder, and Body horror

komiification's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious slow-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

4.0

I literally had no idea what was going on for the first half of this book (I typically don’t read such high sci-fi/fantasy stuff), but once I let myself just read through it SLOWLY, I really enjoyed it, especially after the first 200 pages. Pretty fun stuff, excited to check out the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Terminal illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Slavery and Fire/Fire injury

jillian8's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

Love love love. Gets even better after you read the second one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Gore, Toxic friendship, Violence, Body horror, Child death, and Suicide

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Minor: Genocide, Cannibalism, and Child abuse

fionamclary's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, and Bullying

Moderate: Murder

Spoiler

main character death

ymziegler's review

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I can't stop thinking about this book, which is exactly what I want once I've finished a book. I see many reviews saying people dnf'd it because they didn't understand what's happening, but I promise once you're about 50% way through you will not be able to put it down. I love my lesbian necromancer and cavalier duo and I cannot wait to read Harrow the Ninth!

I love Gideon very very much. In the beginning I wasn't a massive fan of her character because she seemed just sassy and defiant (valid character traits, just not my favorite when that's the main thing) but throughout the book you get to know her better and she is so... my type. I also grew to love Harrowhark as well, which again in the beginning she does not seem even likeable.

Once the conflict picks up it's WILD. I almost want to reread it just to experience it all again. Cannot wait to read the next books in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Death of parent

bezarue's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

No one is surprised that I loved this. The tagline says lesbian necromancers in space exploring a gothic castle. Ofc this was right up my street.

Spoiler

Genuinely shocked by just how many people died. Like christ on a bike I was expecting one more death after the kids not like ten. Also Gideon better not actually be dead or I am going to lose my shit. She's gotta keep being reincarnated right? RIGHT?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Child death, Death, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Violence, and Gore

arlaubscher's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Cursing

lmaloney's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Vomit, Torture, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment, War, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, and Child death

themiscyra_anna's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Vomit, Body horror, Child abuse, War, Violence, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, Child death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Slavery, Physical abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

amsswim's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

This is the first fantasy I have read in a decent amount of time, and I think it was a good step back in. Reminded me of all the reasons I used to love fantasy; magic, ancient worlds, sword fighting, etc. I thought the story in this was very interesting and kept me interested the whole time, but I find myself unsure if I want to continue the series. 

I have a weird relationship with multi-book series, regarding if the story of a book is self contained with individual books in the series. I tend to like every book to a have a fully contained plot which, without spoilers, this book does very well. Maybe I'll try #2, unsure as of now. 

My main complaints would be around dialog, which felt silly sometimes, and side character development, which was really good some spots but lacking in other areas. Generally though it was a good read and has motivated me to actually read all the Brandon Sanderson books my partner has!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Death of parent, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Violence, Death, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Medical content