Gideon the Ninth

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paperback, 496 sidor

Publicerades 14 juli 2020 av Tor.com.

ISBN:
978-1-250-31318-8
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"The Emperor needs necromancers.

The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.

Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense.

Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy.

Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won’t set her free without a service.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses …

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recenserade Gideon the Ninth av Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #1)

Gideon the Ninth

I'd put this at a 2.5. The story was engaging, I actively disliked the writing style, or rather specifically the writing style associated with the main character, who inexplicably spoke in modern slang and pop culture references that both seemed wildly out of place and already dated. It also wasn't actually that lesbian.

recenserade Gideon the Ninth av Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #1)

Wow wow wow wow

Just incredible. Pretty rare to find such and imaginative and rich world built into such a compelling narrative that is SO FUN. It's funny, heartbreaking, action-packed, mesmerizing, and thoughtful all at once. Can't wait to read the rest.

recenserade Gideon the Ninth av Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #1)

None

Inramas lite som en sorts pusseldeckare, typ som Morden i Midsomer (eller motsvarande brittisk variant), fast med mer humor och diverse övernaturliga grejer. Som tur är förekommer mer mysterier än så, mer dolda aningar, vilket gör att boken i sin helhet
går utöver att vara en nekromantisk pusseldeckare. Ser framemot att läsa fortsättningarna.

recenserade Gideon the Ninth av Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #1)

A love-it-or-hate-it proposition

Count me as one of the people who really can't stand the author's extremely strong authorial voice. Sometimes it was genuinely funny and I loved it but it was SO omnipresent and overbearing that eventually it felt like I was being told a pretty interesting scifi/fantasy story by someone who desperately needs me to find them hilarious.

I love the world it's set in, I love the whole goth cultists in space thing. I don't like the protagonist and I don't like that most of the characters are emotionally confused teenagers. It feels like I was tricked into reading a mislabeled YA novel. And like, YA is fine, but I like to know what I'm getting into ahead of time?

I think that if your sense of humor aligns with the author you might love this novel! But if you don't, you might hate it.

recenserade Gideon the Ninth av Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #1)

None

"We do bones, motherfucker."

Holy shit, what a climax.

4.5/5. Has moments where it becomes a little too much of Hunger Games meets And Then There Were None, but even then the sheer chutzpah of it makes it a blast.