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Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

116 reviews

pixelpigeon's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as the other two Locked Tomb books, but it is definitely still worth reading. Things really start to pop off about halfway with the characteristic Locked Tomb twists that you will never see coming, and I tore through the rest of the book after that point in about a day or 2.

I was a bit uncomfortable that Nona was essentially like child in a 19 year old's body. Not a spoiler, since this is made apparent in the first chapter. Usually the trope of "beautiful, conveniently legally-aged but supremely innocent woman" is taken to problematic places. I wasn't actively worried that would be the case given Muir's handling of her characters throughout the other 2 books, but I couldn't get fully comfortable with the idea. I suppose it could be argued that this is evidence that you can have a character like that and not make it fucking weird.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence

baileythebeagle04's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful tense

5.0

Everything about this book is exactly what I needed at the moment (even Kevin)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Police brutality

Minor: Medical content

valerian_honeybee's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, War, Colonisation, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Gore, Deportation, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Drug use, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, and Hate crime

Minor: Police brutality

winged's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, War, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death, Eating disorder, Police brutality, Colonisation, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Body horror, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Police brutality, Mental illness, Dysphoria, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Gore

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Abandonment, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Classism

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

It starts off slow like all books in the locked tomb series, and the tone is different. No more campy drama and funny dialogue, this feels real and deeply wretched and often sad. 
I love Nona's little family very much and cried about them several times toward the end of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Cursing, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Medical content, Drug use, Eating disorder, Colonisation, Gore, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Murder, Child death, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual violence and Police brutality

ebp's review against another edition

dark funny 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Self harm, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Death, Chronic illness, Blood, War, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Body horror, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Police brutality, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Car accident

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

ngrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death, and Grief

Minor: Murder, Gun violence, War, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Cursing