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Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

164 reviews

black_rainbow's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Grief, Genocide, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, War, Eating disorder, and Dysphoria

lujisa's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Death, Gore, and Murder

iane_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Terminal illness, Suicide, Confinement, Blood, Violence, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Cursing, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Genocide, Vomit, Trafficking, and Addiction

Minor: Cannibalism, Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, and War

yosta56's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

Subjectively, asking me if I liked this book is like asking me if I like having fun, yes, yes I do, I love having fun. Objectively I think this is the worst book in the series, for two brief but pervasive reasons:
1. Very little actually happens
A lot of the book's plot and development is either retrospective or inconsequential. The few things that do happen are marvelous but it's never a big enough payoff to justify everything else
2. The Main Character and Muir's style don't quite mix
Gideon was irreverent and crude, Harrow was eloquent and angsty, both work with Muir's potent prose but I found the eponymous Nona and her childlike wonder and innocence to actually be in conflict with Nona's perspective. This is somewhat assuaged by the third person perspective but there are downright jarring passages that feel way off base for how most of the narration reads. 

There are probably more reasons but these are the two I noticed the most. So, objective 3.5/5, leaning closer to 3, I'd say maybe skip this one but it does have some really relevant information to the story. Subjectively, I'm a complete sucker, 5/5, I loved Nona and the Hot Sauce Gang. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Eating disorder and War

alanfollowsagraph's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Gore, Gun violence, and War

Minor: Cursing

kierank's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.5

I sobbed like a baby

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Suicide, Colonisation, Genocide, Gore, Grief, and War

kcgarris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

this is the first time i’ve read this book since it came out in september of 2022 and i forgot how insane the last ~100 pages make me feel. it’s about control. it has been about control and will always be about control. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, and Gore

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gun violence, and War

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

There’s a LOT of genderfuckery going on here, and for that, I will always love this series. Other than the fact that this book differed from the first two, I feel like there’s not much I can say without delving into spoilers, so without further adieu—

y’all this rating might change after I read the last book, but my initial reading experience was sullied by the experience of being completely confused through 100% of the book. I spent so much time trying to figure out WHO Nona was and when we finally find out, then there’s other stuff going on that’s still confusing. And as lovely as Nona is, I missed the gideoness of the first two books. And I missed harrow’s tiny bomb of aggression. I missed bones and ninth’s badass goth aesthetic

One mostly spoiler free thing I loved about this book was getting a closer look at Camilla and Palamedes. It was interesting to learn their personalities and see the relationship between them. It was heartwarming really, with a healthy dose of angst, which is how I like all relationships. And speaking of, one thing about tamsyn muir is that she likes her relationships MESSY. And once again, I love that.

idk if this counts as a spoiler but i am, unfortunately, as it’s probably not canon, a camilla/coronabeth shipper

Honestly I’ve never been so excited to get into the fanfic as i was upon finishing this book. So overall, great book, liable to a higher rating on a reread when I’m less confused and more familiar with the characters. Catch me on ao3 next 🫡

2nd reread: oh my god I feel so stupid for not getting it the first time around. The relationship/character dynamics run DEEP in this book and I will be thinking about it for the rest of my life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, War, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Kidnapping

erynelle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, War, Death, Animal death, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Chronic illness