A review by chloelouise_xiv
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

4.0

Two things. One: I found this quite difficult to read at times. You’re thrown headfirst into this fully established world and lore at the beginning that is not only complicated in itself, but is also full of characters with complicated names and titles, and for a while I honestly had no idea what was going on. I’m not entirely sure I really do after finishing either. It also took me a long while to remember who was who and even by the end there were times I had to try and remember which house characters belonged to. This made the book as a whole fairly confusing.

Two: It’s fantastic. There’s no doubt about how good this book is, it’s bursting at the seams with rich world-building and interesting characters - Gideon especially. I can completely understand why this book is getting the attention it’s getting.