#oh 1 nitpick (and this is purely frm personal taste) i wish gideon and harrow's hate-vibes at the beginning was more rancid and toxic.

[bdor1995]

Vague gideon the ninth spoilers

I have been fermenting on my overall impression of gideon the ninth since finishing it last night and i would give it maybe a 3.5/5 rn.

The reason why i say "3.5/5 rn" is because i think this is the kind of book that would be better on a reread. the unique tone and wordbuilding took some time and effort for me to adjust to, and balancing that with actually following the plot/characters at the start was difficult for me... I didnt particularly enjoy the beginning because of this.

i wish i was able to pay attention to the details at the beginning of the book so that the revelations near the end wouldve had more of an impact on me during my first read. i wasnt fully able to grasp the reason behind gideon and harrow's codependent hate-vibes at the very beginning so when the pool scene happened i was happy for them but i had to trust that some of the details they discussed were... touched upon before and i had missed it because by brain sucks and it just mightve tossed that info out as it was being bombarded with other info from all sides.

It DID get easier to read as i got used to everything. I got invested in the cast, i thought the over all plot beats were solid. I loved the action scenes. Also despite [redacted] i want harrow and gideon to kiss. Please. on to the sequel to see if that wish will come true.