The primary reason it took me a while to gather my thoughts on this novel is the style of the narrative itself. But with her new status Harrow learns some very hard truths, both about the threat the Emperor and his Lyctors are meant to fight, and about the Emperor himself: truths that force Harrow to question everything she used to believe in. This is her right, as a survivor of the events in Canaan House. It picks up where the first book, Gideon the Ninth, left off, following Harrowhark Nonagesimus as she follows the path of Lyctorhood: one of the sainted immortals who directly serve the God Emperor.
Harrow the Ninth is the second book in Tamsyn Muir’s The Locked Tomb Trilogy. Still, I’ve done my best to make my thoughts as comprehensible as possible, and I can only hope it is enough. Two weeks ago I first finished the book, and I spent another week rereading it, until I felt confident enough to write a review for it – and even then I fear that I may not be articulating my thoughts as well as I want to. I don’t even do this with books I absolutely, completely, thoroughly love my rereading cycles tend to have gaps of months, sometimes years, between the first read and the reread.īut Harrow the Ninth (Tordotcom Publishing, 2020) required an almost immediate reread, as well as a long cooldown period so I could think over what I wanted to say in my review. It’s not often that I finish a book, and then flip right back to the first page so I can start it all over again. I usually get by just fine using only the notes and highlights I made while reading: a thing I trained myself to do, to cope with the rigours of my course at university, because I couldn’t always bring home a copy of a book, or if I could I wouldn’t be allowed to re-borrow it because it had a waitlist. It’s not often that I have to sit on a review as long as I have for this one, nor do I find it absolutely imperative to reread a book immediately after I’ve finished it for reviewing purposes. Please note that the page may contain spoilers.
Trigger warnings for this novel can be found here, c/o. Please read the first book before reading this review, and perhaps the book under review as well, if one wants to completely avoid spoilers. Additionally, there may be minor spoilers for the book under review. As such, there may be spoilers for the first book in the series. This review is for a book that is second in a series.
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