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Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

29 reviews

vercopaanir's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Murder, War, Gun violence, Colonisation, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug use, Cursing, Body horror, and Blood

Minor: Cannibalism

horriblehorrid's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious 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? No

5.0

following on the themes of no two tlt books being similar AT ALL, and nothing making sense ever, nona is a surprisingly sweet and wholesome book (comparatively) with most of the continuing plot of the last two books occuring in the background of Nonas narration. you'll re-meeet some gtn characters which is great, and you'll get some fun domestic family drama set against an oppressive dystopian backdrop. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, Violence, Body horror, Colonisation, and Blood

vaxis's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

Normally I dislike naive characters, but it was brilliantly executed here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: War and Confinement

Minor: Torture

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ehmannky's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

"You can't take loved away."

This sentence just floored me. I love all of The Locked Tomb series, but Nona is where I feel like we're really starting to see the themes of what forgiveness is, the way imperialism cannibalizes identity, what does it mean to heal in an unclean way, the emptiness of revenge, the uselessness of punishment as justice, and the power of love to (in the book's case literally!) turn you into someone else. And it's just so lovely. And it's just fantastically written. It's amazing how Muir can swing the wild tonal shifts of each book, but they all work so well together and give each protagonist such a unique voice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Suicide, Gun violence, Blood, Self harm, Murder, Gore, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content and Colonisation

Minor: Genocide, Grief, Abandonment, Drug use, and Child death

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

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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.

voidboi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

4.5

that was delightful and also gave me a migraine 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Minor: Medical content, Vomit, Colonisation, Genocide, and Toxic friendship

black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Dysphoria

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Blood, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Grief, and Gore

Minor: Medical content, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, and Chronic illness