My favourite part of the Soup Scene in Harrow the Ninth is that she’s essentially reverse-communion-ing God, like, hello Lord, you get to eat my flesh and blood
Okay i give up what the FUCK is this book (??) About?
I think John Gaius successfully utilized girlpower when he fixed global warming and quality of life inequality, and brought his favorite childhood toy to life, all in the span of one day. Absolutely no further details or points to be said about how he did any of that
He solved wealth inequality, fixed overpopulation, and took care of the issue of rising housing prices in the city of Melbourne. He became the de facto leader of the most powerful democracy on earth and dismantled capitalism. He found the answer to several metaphysical questions that have fascinated humanity for centuries, such as “Is there such thing as a soul?” and “Does Pluto count as a planet?” He also ate the sun.
“lesbian necromancers in space”: 5/10. technically true, except that gideon isn’t a necromancer and for the most part they aren’t in space. can also be tonally misleading; implies a fun space opera adventure and fails to mention the impending emotional devastation. that being said it is iconic and (mostly) effective
“murder mystery in a haunted gothic castle”: 8/10. MUCH better at capturing the tone and plot of the first book, but still a little off. imagine picking up the book because of this blurb and then watching gideon nav make a mean girls reference in the first 20 pages. the whiplash could kill you
“a locked tomb mystery”: 5/10. nondescriptive and a little misleading, but i can’t give this any lower than a 5 because the pun is very good. gideon would love this one and that should count for something
“gay goth among us”: 10/10. i’m not even going to pretend like this one doesn’t nail it. try and argue against this. you can’t. captures the murders, the space-y setting, the queer characters, the tone and aesthetic, AND the contemporary humor. chef’s kiss
“enemies to lovers ‘i hate everyone but you’ slow burn”: 1/10. true if you squint. the relationship between gideon and harrow would make booktok weep
“catholic homestuck”: 9/10. this means nothing and explains everything
this tweet by tamsyn muir:
[Image ID: A tweet by “tamsyn should be writing” @tazmuir: “sure, I edited from 12 o'clock to 4.30, but how much of that time did I spend on the discovery that the basis of my novel is 'what if these two were… teenage girls’”, followed by an image of Skeletor and He-Man. /end ID]
10/10. conveys the pop culture savvy of the series, the complex dynamic between the main characters, and the humor of the writing style all at once. also makes me laugh every time i think about it
underrated palamedes moment when gideon first meets the sixth and camilla tosses pal the keyring from a few feet away and he completely fails to catch it. they hit his big graceful nerd hands and clatter to the ground. now that’s power. that’s sex appeal
hey was palamedes concerned that pyrrha was gonna fuck his mom. jokes on him juno was too busy pulling a blood of eden wing commander.
@a-totally-competent-velociraptor its an easy detail to miss! master archivist juno zeta flawlessly pulling blood of eden wing commander we suffer and we suffer in three parts:
