Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Body horror, Gore, Suicide, Suicidal ideation, Mental illness, PTSD, Death, Death of loved one, Death of a parent, Murder, Manipulation, Blood, Trauma
Harrow the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
Book 2 in The Locked Tomb
One of the most structurally ambitious books in modern SFF. The puzzle-box narration rewards close reading, and when the pieces click, it hits like a freight train.
goodreads 4.29/5 90,136 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
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Length512 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice0/5
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- None
- Book hangover
- Thought-provoking
- The angst delivered
- Obsessed
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Space station / spaceship / colony
- Space/sci-fi
- Necromancers
- Temple / church / monastery
- Gothic
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- Ghosts
- Spirits
Reading experience
- Mixed POV styles
- Medium
- Dark
- Heavy
- High
- Necromancer / death magic user
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- Sapphic
- Mysterious
- Literary
- Reluctant hero
- BIPOC MC
- Intense
- Damaged survivor
- Weird/quirky
- Atmospheric
- Heartbreaking
- Unreliable narrator
- Brooding
- Fever dream energy
- Plot twist heavy
- Morally complex
- No one is safe
- Slow descent into darkness
- Haunted castle
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Book details
- Length
- 512 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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