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Harrow the Ninth

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Harrow the Ninth

By: Tamsyn Muir
Narrated by: Moira Quirk
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Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to the sensational, USA Today best-selling novel Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the emperor's haunted space station.

She answered the emperor's call.

She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.

In victory, her world has turned to ash.

After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House in Harrow the Ninth, a mind-twisting puzzle box of mystery, murder, magic, and mayhem. Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the emperor, and the fate of the galaxy rests on one woman's shoulders.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her emperor to fight an unwinnable war. Side-by-side with a detested rival, Harrow must perfect her skills and become an angel of undeath - but her health is failing, her sword makes her nauseous, and even her mind is threatening to betray her.

Sealed in the Gothic gloom of the emperor's Mithraeum with three unfriendly teachers, hunted by the mad ghost of a murdered planet, Harrow must confront two unwelcome questions: Is somebody trying to kill her? And if they succeeded, would the universe be better off?

©2020 Tamsyn Muir (P)2020 Recorded Books
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Brilliant in a completely different way than 1st

Never read a sequel less like the original. I'm short on time, but for now suffice it to say that I loved it. It ties up more loose ends from Gideon than I realized were left to be pulled, and I only have the vaguest of ideas of where the next book will go.

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A storytelling marvel and a book you’ll want to read twice

Tamsyn Muir’s bold choices in characters and structuring and Moira Quirk’s scintillating narration combine to create a wonderful audiobook experience. This a sequel that not only lives up to but triumphs over the first.

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Nothing like the first book.

This one’s incredibly humorless for the first four fifths of the story. No Gideon, no magic-school, no specific mystery.

It’s a rather dry introspection on the detailed mechanics of Lectorhood and how exactly the Necromancy works down to a cellular level. Things pick up in the end, but it wasn’t the most fun ride until then.

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Good but…

TLDR:I loved Gideon the ninth and was super stoked for this book. It ends up being super entertaining but it’s a slog to get there.

Narrator is great

*Beware- spoilers ahead-beware*

The first 3/4 of the book was frustrating to the point of almost rage quitting. I almost stopped listening because of the “flashbacks”, not being what actually happened.

I get the build up but it felt like listening in on a conversation in a language you barely know. You recognize portions of it and can follow along but ultimately have no idea what’s happening. For that to last over 14 hours of a 19 hour book is just inappropriate to me.

For the people that will say “ it’s supposed to be that way for the payoff and that you understand the mental changes she underwent, and the possession” sure sure, I get that. Here’s the thing, I listen to enjoy, not cause myself frustration. The way it is written clearly shows that it is working towards a payoff and you can piece together parts of what’s happening. Waiting for 3/4 of the book to be over to confirm or deny your assumptions for that to occur was painful.

That being said, the last 4-5ish hours were wonderful, fun, and everything I had hoped for in this book. I look forward to the next book and I hope this doesn’t dissuade people from listening to this one, just brace yourself for aggravation (that was longer than necessary) with a fun payoff.

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confusingly amazing

wonderful story, don't be surprised when you don't understand what's going on till the last few chapters but know it's all explained

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Don’t go back to the first book

Listen to this one like it’s a complete different book.
You have saved yourself a headache

This is a amazing story

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challenge to follow but WAY worth it.

the view point the author chose to tell this story threw me for a loop and found it to be a challenge to keep focused. once I got used to it around chapter 5 or 6 I then got shuffled right in. Bring it on book 3 😃

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switches voice frequently

I loved the book and I'm soo happy I heard it on audiobook instead of reading it. I read the first one but mailed both books 1 and 2 to my cousin and just used a credit on this one. Anyway this book changes from 1st to 3rd person so much and changes timelines I'm glad I listened to it because hitting the back 30 seconds to re-hear some shit my brain didn't catch the first time is so much better than reading it over again and still not getting it because you tunnel vision on the part you didn't get which doesn't help. The reader did distinct voices for each person so it was super easy to always know who was speaking each part as well. Overall amazing

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This is a BOSS level book!!! Amazing!!!

Second in a series, Harrow the Ninth takes place shortly after the ending of Gideon the Ninth....but everything is different! Where is Gideon? What caused Harrow's memory loss? Why can't she heal like the rest of the lyctors????? Something is definitely wrong! And she is insane!

The narrator could not be better!!! This book was meant to read aloud and meant to be read by Moira Quirk! It could not have been done better by anyone else!

This series has to be worked up to in order to thoroughly enjoy the dynamic construction of verbal architecture and stunning wit! You have to start with children's nonsensical books, work your way through R.L. Stine's Goosebumps and then through his Fear Street series to graduate through to Stephen King's Dark Tower universe. Then make sure you read at least one Dan Brown, preferably The Da Vinci Code while reading the dictionary to build up your vocabulary. Add in a basic anatomy course and any Lovecraftian-style book and several peer reviewed research papers on either psychology or anatomy and then you will be ready for this book!!!!

Highly recommend! Take your time, it gets crazy good!!!

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Harrow and Gideon are different people

I wept for Gideon, her smart mouth and ridiculous physicality paired with her core of loneliness made her so easy to love. But this book is about Harrow. It's confusing for reasons that pay off like fireworks.

You learn so much more about not just harrow as a person but also the tangled web of empire politics and necromancy.

Don't open this book thinking you'll get get griddlehark immediately. But if you let yourself love Harrowhark that love will be rewarded.

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