Gideon the Ninth

ARC provided by Tor in exchange for an honest review. “The more you struggle against the Ninth, Nav, the deeper it takes you; the louder you curse it, the louder they’ll have you scream.” Hi, my name is Melanie, and this was a really hard review to write for many reasons. First, I think I......more

I am late in reviewing this, as I finished it over a year ago, but it's a sign of the book's strength that I am still thinking about it! Muir has created a galactic empire upheld by necromancy: Nine houses, each of which governs it own world and specializes in its own form of death magic, all bound......more

I cannot actually believe my hands declared their independence from the auto-control of my brain and gave 3.5 stars and rounded it down to three stars! I can shout at my hands and tell them they are ungrateful! They should have clapped this author’s creativity for this controversial, unique, fantast......more

ARC & Review copy provided by the publisher—Tor.com—in exchange for an honest review. Gideon the Ninth is a damn fine example of why readers’ reviews are incredibly important. If you have been active on bookish social media, you should know by now that Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir’s debut and the f......more

Need a good read for a bad day? Here's a Booktube Video all about it!!The Written ReviewWhile we were developing common sense, she studied the blade.Gideon the Ninth comes from an universeseeped in necromancy. Her home planet, the Ninth planet, is by far the most isolated but when......more