Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Sep. 15th, 2020 07:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
varjohaltiaI picked this novel up due to a recommendation from a friend. The dustcover blurb (or should it be Amazon blurb these days?) was not fully convincing -- necromancy? Meh. I have not read any other books from Muir, so I went into this quite blind.
Turns out, I really enjoyed this book.
A big part of the enjoyment is the language which is rich in nerdy words like arithmonym. It is also rich in delightfully offensive language. The world building and overall style is refreshingly unique; the setting reminds me more of Warhammer 40k than anything (from what little I know of said lore.) Which, again, isn't my thing, but here it works.
There is also a lot of gore. And I mean a lot, once it gets going. It's quite a dark story.
People I know criticized the emotional and relationships arcs of the story as impossible to take seriously, and that this detracted from the book. While I acknowledge the point, the story happened to really press my buttons in the good way. In other words, what I really enjoyed may not be your cup of tea here. The overuse of certain descriptive words, cranking things to 11, the style of humor all are likely to be factors which can make or break this for you.
So -- overall original, enjoyable prose, a story arc which speaks to my teenage emo self, witty immature banter and a lot of action.
Turns out, I really enjoyed this book.
A big part of the enjoyment is the language which is rich in nerdy words like arithmonym. It is also rich in delightfully offensive language. The world building and overall style is refreshingly unique; the setting reminds me more of Warhammer 40k than anything (from what little I know of said lore.) Which, again, isn't my thing, but here it works.
There is also a lot of gore. And I mean a lot, once it gets going. It's quite a dark story.
People I know criticized the emotional and relationships arcs of the story as impossible to take seriously, and that this detracted from the book. While I acknowledge the point, the story happened to really press my buttons in the good way. In other words, what I really enjoyed may not be your cup of tea here. The overuse of certain descriptive words, cranking things to 11, the style of humor all are likely to be factors which can make or break this for you.
So -- overall original, enjoyable prose, a story arc which speaks to my teenage emo self, witty immature banter and a lot of action.
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Date: 2020-09-25 07:00 pm (UTC)