Holly (Holly Hearts Books)'s Reviews > Gideon the Ninth

Oh no! I got an arc at comic con. It’s on my August TBR 😱

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This makes me sad. It sounded like it would be a fantastic book. :/

Having my own issues picking it back up

Ahhh! GIRL. Yes. I felt so damn similarly! I guess I'm not alone on my feelings about this! For me, it truly did feel like it was trying desperately to be so damn edgy & the writing just didn't pull it off. SO MUCH HYPE 😫😬

I just DNFed this book. I was looking at reviews and feeling terrible because I felt I was the only one hating it!. I just could not get into the story, I gave it a fair chance and wanted to like it so bad, but it did not happen. :(

Yuuup.

I just DNF’d.

Holly try again! I think you would love it if you finished it!

I finished it, but only because I cared about the story and the characters. The writing is clunky and atrocious the whole way through. I was fine with the long names, Gideon being an ass, and the trying to hard to be edgy. But it felt like a rough draft of a story written in high school that never saw an editor or second draft before it got published. With all the continued hype for it and the sequel I've felt like I'm completely crazy and missing something. But I don't think I am. I'm glad at least one other review couldn't get through this

If I had DNF’d I think I’d have felt similarly, however I must admit the story does come together quite a bit at the end. If you have a chance I do think it’s worth polishing off.

Yeah. DNF. Interesting concept but you need either fleshed out characters OR a fleshed out setting and in this case both were just bones.

I'm going to disagree with Sophia Jannetty in that too me it felt more like a bit over halfway through the book the author went "eh screw it I don't know where I'm going with this either, here's a mystery thriller novella instead"

Same. Loved the characters, but the plot was a mess. Pacing was erratic. DNF'd

I tried to read it because yay Necromancers! But the writing is too juvenile and full of DnD tropes for me

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I didn't finish the book either, I think the names may have contributed to that.

I finished it and it got better, but the ending wasn’t good enough to justify all the other bs. Good job walking away when something isn’t working for you. That’s what I normally do too, but this book had such good reviews, I was compelled to finish. Ugh. Overrated for sure!

One of my favorite booktubers didn’t like Gideon? Oh no, we officially have beef. Gideon is the one and only protagonist I’ve ever loved this fiercely (though Vi from Arcane is a very close second). I can’t believe how many people give this horrible reviews. Sure, it’s confusing, and sure, it’ll be dated from the memes. But this book has so much heart. And I’m sure Ianthe would eat that heart raw if she knew it existed. I guess my point is that I know it’s not for everyone, but I loved it and I will love it forever. I’ll never find another series quite like this, because literally no one else is Tamsyn Muir and can do exactly what she does. 💀🗡