Gideon the Ninth
Book • 2019 •
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Arguably most of the characters, byt the hidden villainof the piece.
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Mentions of following and spying between characters.
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Kris
Main character suffered abuse throughout childhood, but it is not discussed in great detail.
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A character believes she is about to be held underwater but instead is embraced
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One notable occasion is a force field that corrodes the body within seconds of entering, and is described attacking both a hand and an entire body.
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A characters kneecap slides out of place and I believe someone else’s shoulder.
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AdamTheAlpha
In a very minor way. A character consumes part of another character's hair and a thumbnail, and bites their hand. It's a very minor thing and is part of their magic
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Corpses and violent deaths are described in detail. A character has magic relating to flesh and blood and those descriptions are quite graphic.
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The Seventh House Necromancer at several points, due to chronic illness.
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Gideon at one point after a trial
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Many, many broken bones discussed to varying levels of detail.
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AdamTheAlpha
A character loses their arm in the final fight
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keysmashing
There's a scene in the first chapter where a character loses multiple teeth during a fight. They are later put back into place with magic, but it mentions that the reapplication was rough and still causes her pain weeks later.
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It is suspected and discussed once
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The decapitation itself isn't shown onscreen, but a character does find a severed head.
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Yes, specifically described group suicide with multiple references in the book
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Two children, age 13 and 14, both die graphically and violently.
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Both leads have deceased parents, and the nature of those deaths are discussed at various points throughout the novel.
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AlexanderK
No, but there are skeletons that move on their own due to magic that are perhaps mannequin-like
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AlexanderK
There is a bath-like scene in a pool between leads at one point but they are clothed, and Gideon describes taking a bath and using a high tech shower-like device but nothing is described in much detail
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Near the end of the novel a character is possessed by a violent spirit and attacks another character.
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Ghosts and spirits can be summoned by various characters.
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A prison has its location mentioned and some communication with it occours. The titular characters is an indentured servant and punished for repeated escape attempts.
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Incredibly old manuscripts wither in light or to the touch from those of the same culture.
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The seventh house necromancer has terminal cancer, and she discusses her expected death openly.
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Very end of the novel has a character wake up in a hospital setting.
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Debatable. Harrow has schizophrenia, but is not violent because of her mental illness and, as far I remember, is only physical in self defense and/or during typical fantasy fights.
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A character sacrifices themself to save another character.
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One of the characters rarely turns up for meals and sees food as a necessity, rather than a thing to enjoy. This is very subtle and not really openly pointed out in the narrative.
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Kris
Both Gideon and Harrow have had terrible childhoods and are traumatised by it. Throughout the novel, as more characters die, the remaining characters become more and more traumatised by the events. The ending leaves Harrow extremely traumatised and the sequel deals nearly entirely in her PTSD from the events of this book.
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One of the characters in wrapped in a cocoon of bone for a period of time, but as a form of self-protection.
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Harrow repeatedly harms herself but only to use her blood for necromancy and to use her blood as ink. However, her blasé nature about it makes Gideon uncomfortable at times.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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AlexanderK
Several characters use profanity including the lead Gideon who does so frequently. But it is not especially vulgar and mostly as sort of a tonal gag in the writing
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It's vaguely referenced that one character cannot conceive children
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Mentions of the main character being an infant, and discussions of infants, particularly of infants and children dying.
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moonlitdaydreams
Most of the characters are LGBT, and there's a lot of death. It's not a token gay character dying or anything like that.
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AlexanderK
Possibly. A severely chronically I’ll character is doted on and requests to be treated that way from Gideon
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HollyRose
Not in particular, but one character is described in pretty anti-fat stereotypes
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AlexanderK
Homophobia would be a foreign concept in this universe
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A character who is much older than she appears has a vaguely romantic relationship with an 18 year old
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DmitriVorscov
No real world religions are discussed, but the characters all belong to an empire called the nine houses, whose ruler is their god. The main character belongs to the ninth house, also known as "Shadow cultists" due to their unique religious focus within the empire.
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Lots of porn magazines mentioned
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Those twins are weirdly close, but it’s more meant to create an unnerving atmosphere rather than imply incest.
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banak
There extra material after the glossary in the paperback version
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Kris
Most of the characters are dead by the end, and the remaining ones left alive are deeply traumatised.
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captainmander
Not a plane but a space ship. Minor characters are on the ship when it explodes.
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A character thinks they are being drowned when pulled under the water, and their acceptance of it is disturbing
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AlexanderK
Not in this book. One is referenced in subsequent books
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