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Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
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4.5 stars
Man, this was good!
I loved Gideon and Harrowhark's snarky hateful love for each other.
Fast pace, great dialogue, lots of humor, and an incredible setting. It feels like some kind of crazy mash-up of fantasy and science fiction. Necromancers in space with nothing but their (semi) faithful sword-wielding guards to protect them or something.
That ending! What?! I want more. I've got such a good feeling about whatever that more consists of that I'm really excited to get my hands on the next book.
The audiobook with Moira Quirk as the narrator was wonderful! If you're into audiobooks, go for it.
Good stuff, especially if you're looking for something a little outside the box.
Recommended.
Man, this was good!
I loved Gideon and Harrowhark's snarky hateful love for each other.
Fast pace, great dialogue, lots of humor, and an incredible setting. It feels like some kind of crazy mash-up of fantasy and science fiction. Necromancers in space with nothing but their (semi) faithful sword-wielding guards to protect them or something.
That ending! What?! I want more. I've got such a good feeling about whatever that more consists of that I'm really excited to get my hands on the next book.
The audiobook with Moira Quirk as the narrator was wonderful! If you're into audiobooks, go for it.
Good stuff, especially if you're looking for something a little outside the box.
Recommended.
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This has been a TBR for me for ages, perhaps now I’ll finally get on the necromantic train 🚂
DO IT! I loved these two girls and despite everything, I think they still have a chance for a HEA. lol
I have this in my kindle and will tackle it after I finish Gleanings. But I’m now tempted to try the audio book 🤔😁
Sometimes the audiobook just makes it better for me. Plus, my eyes! The older I get, the more I lean into audiobooks.
yessss love this. oh and I can't wait for you to experience Harrow.
She narrates the next book, right?
Yesss I love when people love this book!!
Took me forever to figure out what to say about it. So weird and great and funny and all the things!
Dang it - and I just unhauled this 🤦♀️
I tried reading this twice but couldn't get past the writing. Everything about it seemed intriguing but I just couldn't get into it for some reason. Maybe third times the charm? lmao
I listened to the audiobook. Maybe that's the key?
Such a brilliant book! Great review, Anne ❤️📚
Thanks, Claude! I still need to grab the next one but I'm wondering if I should just wait till the last book comes out so I can binge the ending and not wait.
Anne wrote: "Thanks, Claude! I still need to grab the next one but I'm wondering if I should just wait till the last book comes out so I can binge the ending and not wait."That's always the million dollar question Anne!
I know, right? I've got a ton of other TBRs (who on this site doesn't?) that I can go to first, but I'm really interested to see what happens next.
Anne wrote: "Thanks, Claude! I still need to grab the next one but I'm wondering if I should just wait till the last book comes out so I can binge the ending and not wait."So I felt like Harrow the Ninth was the most deliberately designed rereadable book ever. I was completely lost for a huge chunk of it first time around and then I came back and read it a year later and it was an entirely different experience. I'm really interested to see if book three is designed the same way.
Really?! That's happened to me before, too! I'm thinking it wouldn't be a good idea for authors to expect readers to give a confusing book another go-round, but I know exactly what you're talking about.
Anne wrote: "Really?! That's happened to me before, too! I'm thinking it wouldn't be a good idea for authors to expect readers to give a confusing book another go-round, but I know exactly what you're talking a..."Seriously, it's a HUGE risk she takes with her readers but I'm kinda here for it. Breathe of fresh air to see something so different and #3 is still my most anticipated release this year. I went into more details in my review (actual two reviews from two different reads). Safe for you to read them now.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
See that makes me want to wait till I can snag that last book. I'm terrible when it comes to re-reading books before the next one releases, and my memory isn't all that great, so when I have a long wait it hurts me. I wish I had more days in the week or more time in the day or something. It sounds SO good though!
Yeah I can see waiting for sure. She's got a ways to go. I was really debating getting prints of the covers when Nona released but...she needs to stick the landing before I'm willing to put those kinds of resources into geeking out.
Oh that's awesome, I bought the audio book on itunes last winter because it was 3.99, and forgot I had it until I saw this on my feed. I will definitely be listening it to it this week.
Justin wrote: "Yeah I can see waiting for sure. She's got a ways to go. I was really debating getting prints of the covers when Nona released but...she needs to stick the landing before I'm willing to put those k..."Yeah, a bad ending can KILL a series.
Alexander wrote: "Oh that's awesome, I bought the audio book on itunes last winter because it was 3.99, and forgot I had it until I saw this on my feed. I will definitely be listening it to it this week."That's so cool! Please let me know what you think. I thought the audiobook was great.
Yes! I actually just listened to Gideon again last month, I love it so much. Moira Quirk is amazing and brings it all to life. Be warned, Harrow the Ninth is also good, but it's a puzzle box... and long. You'll be intentionally confused for half of the book.
Really?! Ok, well I'm ready for it now. lolAt least now that I know I'm going to be confused, maybe I won't be as frustrated.
Awesome, I think you'll enjoy it then. Yea, had I known you're supposed to be disoriented, I would've been able to just luxuriate in the confusion. It's a very different book, since you're in Harrow's brain. But damn I love this series.
Thanks for the great review and recommendation. I keep going back and forth on this one. The title and cover are really enticing. Your review pushed it over the edge!
Oh, man! And I haven't even read the next book yet. I keep waffling!
