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Nona the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

4.42 AVERAGE


I'm so confused as what happened. Im curious, did Harrows soul die? Also what's happened to gideon?
emotional 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
adventurous 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

2024 reread: listened to audiobook for first time. Still love Nona. Last 30 minutes nigh incomprehensible in audio when you can’t flip back a paragraph or page to read and reread what everyone’s talking about/who is even talking
challenging funny lighthearted 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
adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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

Again Tamsyn Muir swerves hard from her previous writing, and again she absolutely nails it. Nona is a slower book than the other two, but also, I'd say, a more hopeful one. The events of the prior two books definitely inform the setting, and it's not a good place to be by any stretch of the imagination but Nona manages to be a ray of light that shows us different angles of characters we've already grown to love.
challenging 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: Complicated

Enjoyment 10/10
Concept 10/10
Execution 10/10
Writing 8/10
Plot & Logic 8/10
Pacing & Structure 7/10
Atmosphere 10/10
Characters 10/10
Intrigue 10/10
World Building 10/10

Rating: 4.75/5
dark emotional funny 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: Complicated
adventurous dark 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: No
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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