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Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

56 reviews

eleanora's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Colonisation, Eating disorder, Confinement, and Cursing

iviarelle's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

As much as Harrow the Ninth (the book) sometimes felt like an impenetrable puzzle box on the first read, Nona's life was never particularly opaque to me. Sure, there are questions adjacent to her, in fact all of the questions are adjacent to her, but I never felt frustrated by the way the information was withheld, even though the structure is very similar to Harrow's book went.

On a related note, I think it's an incredible achievement that Muir split this book off from Alecto the Ninth, where it was supposed to have just been the first third-to-half of the book, without making it FEEL like an incomplete story. Maybe part of that is down to how different Harrow felt from Gideon, setting us up for each book to be a slightly disjointed story about different but related characters within this world. Either way, nothing about this book is a disappointment, and the split point isn't as jarring as they often are when books are torn in half like this.

It's hard to say much more than that without spoilers. I'm so pleased with how this one played out, even with the questions I don't feel have satisfactory answers yet, and I'm looking intensely forward to Alecto.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Vomit, Colonisation, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Medical content, War, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, Deadnaming, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Gaslighting

jenny_d's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Death, Body horror, Cursing, Gun violence, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

 - I love how each book in the Locked Tomb series is completely different than the one before it - different points of view, different storytelling style - and yet they all work together, expanding the universe of this story.
- I really don't want to give away too much, and honestly how could one even condense the plot of this series into a caption, but know that like the previous books, NONA THE NINTH is both purposely opaque and wonderfully funny.
- Honestly, it's a bit too long and you can kind of tell that it's part of one book split off into its own story. And yet, I couldn't put it down and loved every minute. I already can't wait to reread it when the time comes to prepare for ALECTO THE NINTH. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Confinement

ruthlessreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely love Nona & you will too. This book brings together the happenings of Gideon & Harrow in a way that ties the overarching story together to make sense of a lot of things we weren't clear on before. Part mystery, part found family adventure, part self reflection on how to tell who you really are--this book will leave fans of The Locked Tomb both satisfied and dying for more. 

I will write a more in-depth review after Nona is published but I have sworn on the Locked Tomb & the Emperor Undying that I won't give any spoilers. I will say that this book is absolutely worth the preorder & you should do that without hesitation.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness, War, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Eating disorder, Death, Cursing, and Body horror

Minor: Colonisation and Police brutality

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Child death, Cursing, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Gore, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Genocide, Mental illness, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Trafficking, Vomit, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Transphobia