Reviews tagging 'Death'

Harrow la Nona by Tamsyn Muir

351 reviews

ayeitsdaye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

linblythe_pub22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

rainbow_grace's review against another edition

Too gory for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

afroonyx_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

Another great book, honestly loved this one more than "Gideon". This series is gold.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, and War

Minor: Cannibalism

bhard07's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and War

jahnadv's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, and War

Minor: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Suicide, Grief, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

noodletheriddle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

lpogo16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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

5.0

I have to admit that this book was so confusing in the beginning. The point of view where it’s as though the narrator is speaking directly, almost turned me off of the book completely, but I continued because of how much I liked the first book. 

After being almost half way through the book and still confused, I decided to look up an explanation of what was going on and I found a Reddit post that gave a wonderful overview of the book. Yes, there were spoilers, but at that point I was ready to dnf the book if I didn’t figure out what was going on. 

The explanation was great and if you’re like me and confused by the book I recommend looking up a full overview of the book. It gave context to what was going on and helps to let you enjoy the author’s storytelling better. 

There were still moments I got a little lost because of the science?, magic?, both I think, that was happening in the story, but it wasn’t too bad. 

The book is partly from Gideon’s pov. She was locked in a part of Harrow’s brain so that Harrow wouldn’t fully be able to consume her. The parts where the narrator talks to the reader is Gideon talking to Harrow while seeing things from her locked up part of the brain. 

Harrow changed her memories of the first house to some alternate reality full of the ghosts of people that died so that she could remember becoming a lyctor, but not remember Gideon. That’s the other pov so that we know what Harrow thinks happened.

Omg omg omg I’m so glad Gideon came back. She’s my favorite character. I love her commentary about everything. I’m so excited to find out what happens next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ewinnk'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
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

adrreads's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Grief and Schizophrenia/Psychosis