Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

56 reviews

theoldestbennetsister's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement and Cursing

no_u14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gore, Violence, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Addiction

kaylamoran's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Gideon is still by far the best book in this series, but this was a mile better than Harrow, which was my most disappointing read of last year.
I sometimes found myself very confused while reading this, particularly at the end.  I have absolutely no idea what was happening at the end.
I loved Nona.  Her voice was so refreshing and sweet.  I wish more book characters were as open and innocent as her.  I'm not 100% sure who she really was though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Gun violence

Minor: Cursing and Fire/Fire injury

kat_ml's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Nona extremely bimbo coded! Camilla I love you! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Vomit, Grief, Death, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Cursing

hidemybook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence

Minor: Xenophobia and Cursing

angstifies's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

a lot of messy shit happened in this book but the thing that threw me off the most is, with no doubt, ianthe and gideon being friends. still can’t fathom it.

i love this series so much and this book was such an incredible addiction; i loved the new setting, the newly introduced characters, and how the story is progressing. now i will not know peace until i own a copy of book 4.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Death

Moderate: War, Cursing, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Eating disorder, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug use, Child abuse, and Abandonment

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Why is this a thing? Did it need to happen? I struggled to read Nona where I did not struggle with Gideon or Harrow. Hopefully Alecto is better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Gaslighting, Cursing, Classism, Mental illness, Violence, and Religious bigotry

fiveredhens's review

challenging funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

spongebob pensive at the diner dot gif

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, Colonisation, Cursing, and War

vogelobre's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

I really liked this book!! I read it back to back with Harrow the Ninth, and while I really enjoyed how tense and twisty and confusing that one was, it was nice to read something a bit more lighthearted and joyful. I fell completely in love with Nona and her little family, and it was very interesting to read about the backstory of the Nine Houses. Despite the lighter tone, this book has a lot of dark themes and emotional moments. It works very well as a continuation and exploration of the series' themes, and I can't wait to reread all three books before the fourth one comes out!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: War, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, Gore, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Cursing, and Bullying

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir's third book of four in the Locked Tomb series, is a sudden but welcome shift from the previous two books. Nona is just a nineteen year old relearning how to interact with society with the help of her three parental figures. But it is later discovered that

the three parents are necromancers from the Nine Houses and that Nona herself is piloting the body of someone named Harrowhark Nonagesimus, and the Nine Houses want them back

. An astounding dual point-of-view familiar to readers of Harrow the Ninth and a cast of loveable characters familiar of the same. The explosive ending leaves me wanting more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Abandonment, Child abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Excrement, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Sexual content, Drug use, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Misogyny, and Terminal illness

The Blood of Eden's attack on necromancers comes with a lot of slur-like terms and bigotry that is reminiscent of (but not a direct copy of) religious bigotry in real life.