wednesday books the ninth

[landofnowhere]

Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir. Reread. More or less as I remember it -- yes, this is pretty much a LARP, but the character writing is still good.

Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir. Not a reread. Not LARPy in quite the way that book 1 was, in that there's a lot less legibility in the setting and storytelling, though still a sense that the world has rules, we just don't know them -- but still a showndown between a bunch of superpowered people with hidden motives. Also, after finishing the book I find myself abstracting away, trying to figure out what all the pieces have been doing on the gameboard. Also interesting, but spoilery, how it uses and maybe lampshades the LARPiness of the first book.

Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir. Just started this. No clue what this book is even doing, but nice to see some old friends.

Comments

[landingtree]

I need to get on with rereading these, since my reserve of Nona is creeping slowly toward the front of the library queue.

LARPy is a great way of describing Gideon! I have never LARPed but still think gosh, yes, that would be a fun LARP.

[landofnowhere]

Oh, right, I should add my LARPiness tag to this entry. My original entry about LARPiness as a property of books is here, written before I'd even read Gideon the Ninth.