Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

79 reviews

sourkiwi's review

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

4.75

I AM SO HEARTBROKEN AND SO INTRIGUED AT THE SAME TIME. this is EXACTLY the shit i’ve been wanting, inject this into my VEINS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Murder, Terminal illness, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Child death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Suicide

ratatouilllie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Cursing, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical content, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

froggiebog's review

adventurous funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Body horror, and Medical content

immovabletype's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Read my full review on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/p/Cuq34OhuywC

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Medical content, and Child death

Minor: War

o_preston_o's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death of parent, Infertility, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Blood, War, Torture, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Body horror, and Classism

hayleyvem's review

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Murder, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: War

Minor: Infertility

katiekeske's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

A dark, gorey adventure about necromancers in space. I had read the tagline about lesbian necromancers, but that was sadly a very subtle theme in the book. I would have enjoyed some more love and action for Gideon on that front, but it's still a very good read. Just not a romance if that's what you are expecting. 

Gideon was a fun and engaging character. The character arcs for her and Harrow were so well done. 

This is mostly a murder mystery with an over arching plot about the Lyctors and a Necro King. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Murder

samanthsa's review

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Medical content, Death, Body horror, Blood, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Cannibalism

rbuhrke's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

The book is about necromancy in a space empire center on LGBT+ characters but it’s focus is not on romance despite the advertising done by TikTok. However there are romantic elements within the story

Spoiler

one does not bind their soul to another without some kind of love for the other unless you are Ianthe

. It is an intellectual read that covers up the horror story unfolding underneath the language. It was easier to read via audiobook than by book alone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Child death, Blood, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Slavery, Medical content, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Incest, Mental illness, Chronic illness, and Infertility

If the ending of the book was spoiled for you don’t panic. The series is worth it to keep going.

Spoiler

Gideon does kill herself at end of the book for Harrow but that is not the end of Gideon Nav’s story. She will come back in the other books. Death isn’t simple when necromancy is involved.

opallight's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical content, Gore, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Cancer and Cannibalism