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Doing It For the Death Style Points

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

January 8, 2021 by wicherwill 5 Comments

Definitely more 3.5 stars, arrived at due to a 3 star first half and 4 star second half. We start on a planet(?) kingdom(?) post-apocalyptic-world-with-necromancy(?) realm(?) dimension(?) that is dark and gritty in the extreme–so, so very gritty. By about halfway through I realized that no one was an actual zombie/undead necromancer type, but I definitely felt like everyone should have taken a shower with a loofah at least once. For a cast of characters living in an stylistically(?) abandoned(?) / derelict(?) giant mansion(?) / […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, #gideontheninth, Dark Fantasy, tamsyn muir

wicherwill's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, #gideontheninth, Dark Fantasy, tamsyn muir ·
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“Live fast. Die young. Bad girls do it well.”

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

March 10, 2020 by Bea Pants 1 Comment

  I’m at a loss as to how to describe this book. It’s part science fiction, part fantasy, part locked-room mystery and that really only scratches the surface. Gideon the Ninth has gotten a LOT of hype in the book community and it absolutely lives up to it in my opinion.  I’ve already preordered the sequel, Harrow the Ninth (number 2 of a trilogy) from my book store. Gideon is an extremely reluctant servant of the Ninth House. At the beginning of the book we find […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #gideontheninth, #ScienceFiction, cbr12, tamsyn muir

Bea Pants's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #gideontheninth, #ScienceFiction, cbr12, tamsyn muir ·
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