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[Gideon the Ninth] Does it get better? (self.fantasy)

submitted 1 year ago by chftyrol to c/[email protected]

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I'm reading Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir but I've been kind of struggling lately.

I think the writing style is breaking my immersion, all the cursing in the protagonist POV seems unnatural and gives the book an overall juvenile feel to it.

I'm around page 200 and in the last few chapters nothing much has been happening, which I would be fine with if some nice character moments or worldbuilding came out of it. But no, it's just her wandering around in this decrepit palace, interacting with nothing and nobody and being bored.

I don't like DNFing books but I am lacking a reason to keep reading this one. Does it get better? What should be this book's strong suit in your opinion? Character work, worldbuilding, plot?

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[–] IonAddis 2 points 1 year ago

Gideon the Ninth is one part style, one part mystery, and one part memes. The whole story does come together as you go through the books and get the pieces, but you have to be a person who likes being confused on the first read, and then start to understand what's going on on 2nd and 3rd reads.

I'd say if you don't like what's going on and it's page 200, maybe the book just isn't for you. And that's fine--there's plenty of books out there that other people love that aren't for ME! We all are into different things.