Finished Reading: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir 📚
I’m not sure if this was quite as amazing as the internet makes it out to be, but I definitely did enjoy it. I was aware going in that the prose would go from descriptive and flowing to a sudden, very modern sort of slang. I thought that might bug me because something in blog posts that comes across as someone trying to be clever and just coming across as sarcastic for no real reason, but I think it worked here. I think because it was just Gideon and Harrow who used that slangy language, it gave you the impression that they were two kids who hate each other, but actually had more in common with each other than with the rest of the universe.
I liked Gideon a lot - she’s funny, and liked Harrow too once I got to know her. I liked that there wasn’t much in the way of exposition in this book - you had to pick up the way the world works as you go along. I’m sure I missed a ton and still don’t get, for example, is this our solar system thousands of years in the future?
I didn’t know much about the story going in, but I like how it started quite open-ended and things seemed to slowly close in as Gideon and Harrow explore more. Definitely enjoyed reading, and I’ve bought the second and third books and I’m looking forward to reading them soon too.