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Gideon the Ninth

Von: Tamsyn Muir
Gesprochen von: Moira Quirk
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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 out of the audio, 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 to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will be 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.

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"Tamsyn Muir's absorbing storytelling and Moira Quirk's immersive performance create a richly imagined fantasy world.... Quirk is at turns antagonistic, vulnerable, and hopelessly helpful as she characterizes all the participants and stewards of Canaan House.... Listeners will eagerly anticipate the trilogy's next installment." (AudioFile Magazine)
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I had the book on my wish list for a long time and was curious but also somehow skeptical - I had already looked into it a few times in the bookstore.
Maybe I should learn to listen to my intuition when it comes to language. I can't say very much about the story - whether it's good or not, I don't know. But what I didn't get on with at all was the language.
I don't like the way the characters express themselves, or the way they interact with each other. Something about it turns me off so much that I find them all really unlikable and shitty and just can't continue it ...

I'm just rolling my eyes and finding everything so silly, childish, over the top and .... lowbrow. I'll put the book aside for now; maybe there will come a time when I'll think differently about it.

Not for me ...

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the voice of the reader took me some getting used to but after two or three chapters i got into it and loved every second of it.
the story takes so many turns and is in no way predictable. the whole world building feels unique and new.

this whole story is absolutely amazingly written and read.

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Eine recht interessante Mischung aus Fantasy und Sci-fi.
Leider ist die sehr an einen Krimi erinnernde Story recht löchrig und nicht ordentlich durchdacht.
Unterhaltend aber auf jeden Fall.

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Very enjoyable story and telling. Can get quite violent and dark. Lots of characters and names and connections, which I found difficult to follow in audiobook format but which makes it worthwhile listening to more than once or reading the book as well as hearing it. Great work by author and narrator

Well read complex story

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This has been quite the ride - an amazing one.

I'll be honest, the overall tone took some getting used to. We're in Gideon's head here, and she is a rebellious teenager, no two ways about it. She curses a lot, and her mind's in the gutter by nature. But Tamsyn Muir did an excellent job of making her a real person: by seeing things from her perspective, we get to live through her loneliness and self-loathing, as well as her growth into the best cavalier any of the Houses has ever had to offer.

The rest of the cast - and the cast is huge, let me tell you - also comes alive on those pages, and I must salute Muir yet again for how distinguishable she made this plethora of people. Most of them were very recognizable, and those who weren't were so on purpose (the young teens of the Fourth House who actively hide, the soldiers of the Second whose identity is in their unity). There is a lot to keep track of, but I never found it difficult to know who is who and what they might be up to. I found the pacing well-accomplished, from it's pretty wild start through the measured middle to the fulminant end; my heart was in it the entire time.

I consumed (iykyk) this as an audiobook, and special mention goes to Moira Quirk, the reader. She does a truly excellent job with the voices here, which is so important for maintaining clarity. Kudos also for the sound effects, which she voices with aplomb and more gravity than I could ever give them.
While the audiobook was a really neat experience, I decided to get a print edition, as well. On one hand, because I like to own things, and on the other, because having the Dramatis Personae as a reference in the front of the book would have been extremely useful in the beginning.

I have to say, this is a new favorite, and I've already started on the sequel, Harrow the Ninth. Wish me luck.

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