Disclaimer: My husband bought this and lent it to me to read. All opinions are my own. 

 

Book: Gideon the Ninth 

 

Author: Tamsyn Muir 

 

Book Series: The Locked Tomb Book 1 

 

Rating: 1/5 

 

Diversity: Queer/Lesbian MC and characters 

 

Recommended For...: adult readers, sci-fi, horror, queer, mystery 

 

Publication Date: September 10, 2019 

 

Genre: Sci/Fi Horror 

 

Age Relevance: 18+ (violence, blood gore, pornography mentioned, language, religion, depression, murder, etc.) 

 

Explanation of Above: I DNF’d this read at 56 pages in, but what I got from those pages were the following: violence and blood gore shown. Pornography mentioned. Strong language used. Religious themes mentioned. Depression shown. Murder mentioned. 

 

Publisher: Tor 

 

Pages: 448 

 

Synopsis: The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit. 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 to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die. Of course, some things are better left dead. 

 

Review: I feel like this is going to be a review that gets a lot of people to hate me LOL. So I dnf'd this book. I tried so so hard to get into the book, I have heard so many great things about Gideon the Ninth, and I just really wanted to be in this cult. Following that the book series has amassed which also includes my husband. My husband is a big fan of the books. But unfortunately I could not get into it. I felt really confused and I was getting really frustrated with it and the time period which I was trying to read this book was really not good for me to try to conquer something like this. I don't know if I'm ever going to try this book series again or if I'm just going to ask my husband for the highlights. 

 

Verdict: It was not for me, but might be for you!