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Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

49 reviews

steph_weigle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, War, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Medical content, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Violence, and Body horror

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

After HtN, Nona's perspective was like eating cotton candy, especially at the start. Oh we're going to school! There's a dog! She wears shirts with silly designs! Then you get Nona's No Good Very Bad Day that starts with getting kidnapped and ends with someone missing and, just like GtN, the plot keeps getting faster as we go along. This one has the purest feelings of grief, for loss and change and now it's all just sitting in my ribs keeping me company. I'll admit I forgot who was who in Blood of Eden except Wake and Suffer, so trying to follow their convos I really felt like Nona, dazed and confused. I am thrilled for Alecto, her rage was so visceral and I need MORE.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cursing, Colonisation, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Minor: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury

shottel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense fast-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

Muir loves switching up her genres. While Gideon was moderately mystery-focused and Harrow was definitely a mystery novel, the mystery of Nona takes a back seat to how goddamn precious Nona is. Unfortunately, that fact makes an already sad series even sadder. It’s fortunate that Muir’s writing style is hilarious, because otherwise the entire plot of Nona the Ninth would’ve been pretty depressing.

Still, I would say it’s better than Gideon and a mark worse than Harrow - which is to say, it’s very good. I had a harder time following the plot than before, and while Muir makes great strides with diversity in this book, it sometimes comes off a tad awkward (like in the repeated misgendering of a character with they/them pronouns, just for them to correct themselves). But those are pretty small problems compared to the rest of this deeply dark and funny novel. If you liked Gideon and Harrow, I highly recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Addiction, Body horror, Mental illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Toxic friendship, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Body shaming, Medical content, and Transphobia

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Trafficking, and Sexual violence

spookynerd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.0

I was trying to explain to a friend how when I picked up the first book of this series, I thought, "Necromancers in space? Neat!" And how these books very much ARE that, but how they also shattered every expectation and then constructed those shattered pieces into a whole new framework of storytelling that blows my mind the further I get. 

The pacing got to me a little bit once again. It feels very much like you're slowly trodding through a day by day story, slooooowly unraveling little bits and hints until suddenly everything implodes. Explodes? Both? 

By now I'm getting used to Muir's characters and way of weaving all these intricacies (and that's a happy, familiar "used to," not a bored one). You start the book with, "This is a weird little creature with weird relationship dynamics" and end with an ache in your chest and questions about souls and love. 

And I'm so very intrigued and satisfied with the further depth of history we receive in this book. 

I have a hard time describing it without spoilers and ruining the ride and/or feeling like I'm incoherently rambling, but this series really is something different. Can't wait for Alecto!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

woundworship's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

tazmuir's ability to write a crazier story as the books go by is absolutely insane. i hope she knows its fine if she needs to continue the story after alecto tbh... if necessary ofc. also im so happy shes taking her time writing it, its insane. i love this woman i love her books i am insane and ive been ruined by this Thanks

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

there is a self immolation scene in this. its moderately graphic, and in regular circumstances, it might not have hit me. in the wake of aaron bushnell's death, it definitely did. i hope it won't affect you as it did me, though. be safe!

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

littki's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Cursing

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Gore

hayleyvem's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Gore, Grief, Toxic friendship, War, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Drug use and Bullying

bubblyfemme's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Death, Violence, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, War, Gore, Blood, and Medical content

softanimal's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Once again Tamsyn Muir managed to write a character I found to be one of the most charming in all of fiction. I didn't think Gideon (the book or the character) could be outdone but here we are. I love Nona so much. Bless this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Body horror, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Gore