Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

389 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

verinvaldez's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Murder, Blood, Violence, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

kkirsch118's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Chronic illness, Bullying, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Blood, Gore, Body horror, and Murder

aweso10's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

oh, gideon... i will say this was a super slow read for be, but the last quarter-ish really had me locked in! lotssss of world building, characters that you fall in love with or love to despise, a confusing yet intense plot, lots of magic and swordfighting and amazing dark fantasy vibes. if it weren't for the learning curve i had to go through to understand wtf was going on in this book, it would be a solid 4.5/5!! i am fully obsessed with harrow as a character and will definitely be proceeding with Harrow the Ninth shortly:):)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Blood, and Death

Minor: Medical trauma and Cursing

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

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

tylercrow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Murder, and Blood

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