Harrow the ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Harrow the ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Harrow the ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Hello Books Lovers,

today’s post will revolve around Harrow the ninth, a sequel to Gideon the ninth, written by Tamsyn Muir and published here in Italy by Oscar Mondadori. Harrow was released last Tuesday, and as usual at the end of the post I leave you the links in case you want to go to Amazon to take a look at the official plot, or even buy 🙂

Harrow the ninth in terms of storytelling is very different from Gideon the ninth, different storytelling time, different storytelling method – leaves the reader confused by the scene a few times – and the vast addition to Worldbuilding can have good and bad sides, too many details, they are hard to remember, especially in such a large book. If I had to choose, I definitely preferred Gideon. Now I don’t know if the author will write yet another book, I hope so, given all the questions left by Harrow, but seeing the clear difference between these first two I can’t imagine what could come out of a third.

At the end of Gideon, Harrow the ninth becomes a Lyctor, a role that has been much talked about even in the first volume. She teams up with Ianthe, who we know is a rival in reality. Harrow, however, is not the same as we remember, she has “forced” herself to forget Gideon, and she has left herself some letters that she cannot remember, and consequently does not even remember why she wrote them.

Harrow has forced herself to forget many things, and now she is unable to make the most of her abilities, this handicap could lead to her death among many people who doesn’t like her very much. All she can do is hypotheses, in a narrative that is divided between past and present. And as I told you before, at the end of the book there will be more questions than answers.

After reading Gideon, and having loved her, the expectations for this sequel were very high, there is no need to hide this detail. Perhaps for this reason, for me, it was a bit of a disappointment. I would have expected more. More careful storytelling, better choices, and not the confusing story I found at the end. In some places I almost found equalities with Gideon – in the sense that some scenes, even if not in the same place and with the same purpose, had the same dynamics.

Harrow is not one of those books I would re-read. I don’t even know what else to add to this review which alas is quite short. If I write more I would end up pointing out other downsides, but don’t be fooled because it might have been a good story for me if it didn’t have these negative details to its disadvantage. I love that it’s such a well structured, well imagined and created Sci-fi. Worldbuilding, apart from the additions that at some point make you forget the old ones, is wonderful. For this I give Harrow 3.5 stars the ninth. Let me know, if you have read it, if you think differently from me 🙂

Harrow the ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Harrow the ninth by Tamsyn Muir

 

 

 

Harrow the ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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Mi chiamo Miriam e sono l'amministratore di Me and Books. Ho tante passioni, ma le più grandi sono la lettura e la scrittura, ed ho creato questo blog proprio per poter condividere le mie passioni. Penso che recensire un libro sia una cosa molto importante che richiede tempo e dedizione. A volte un lettore prima di scegliere un libro vuole sapere che quello che sta scegliendo è quello giusto, e le recensioni servono proprio per questo, per aiutare il lettore a scegliere. Ma questo è anche un modo per aiutare autore e case editrici a farsi conoscere. È anche per questo che pubblico gli articoli sia in italiano che in inglese, per non lasciare nessuno fuori. Vi chiedo di non esitare a pormi qualsiasi domanda sul mondo dell'editoria, spero solo di riuscire a fornire la risposta perfetta.