Gideon the Ninth

It was entertaining. I didn't get bored while reading it, but it was just a bit YA for me. Too many silly examples of dialog and writing that jarred me out of immersion, like “That's what she said.”

Not just once, but twice that I remember.

Seriously? I know you want Gideon to be edgy and cool and angsty, but that just didn't work for me.

The world building was interesting. The mystery setting was interesting.

I had a hard time following everyone since they were referred to by many different terms and names.

“Thanks, Palamedes.”
“Sextus was a marvel.”

Those are the same person, referred to in two consecutive sentences, and aren't the only terms used to identify that person. I was reading an ebook and not a physical book, and if I was reading the physical book I'd have been able to easily flip back to the Dramatis Personae to help with that issue.

I bumped this up the TBR because a good friend raved about it as one of his favorites. Perhaps the expectations were too high.