Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

29 reviews

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: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Excrement, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Terminal illness, and Colonisation

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.

sayhar13's review against another edition

challenging funny mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

abbyschalupa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

nicnevin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

I loved this book and Nona loves me.

I pulled the book apart and devoured it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Hate crime, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Xenophobia, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

eleanora's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Colonisation

iviarelle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

As much as Harrow the Ninth (the book) sometimes felt like an impenetrable puzzle box on the first read, Nona's life was never particularly opaque to me. Sure, there are questions adjacent to her, in fact all of the questions are adjacent to her, but I never felt frustrated by the way the information was withheld, even though the structure is very similar to Harrow's book went.

On a related note, I think it's an incredible achievement that Muir split this book off from Alecto the Ninth, where it was supposed to have just been the first third-to-half of the book, without making it FEEL like an incomplete story. Maybe part of that is down to how different Harrow felt from Gideon, setting us up for each book to be a slightly disjointed story about different but related characters within this world. Either way, nothing about this book is a disappointment, and the split point isn't as jarring as they often are when books are torn in half like this.

It's hard to say much more than that without spoilers. I'm so pleased with how this one played out, even with the questions I don't feel have satisfactory answers yet, and I'm looking intensely forward to Alecto.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Deadnaming, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Gaslighting

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.0

 - I love how each book in the Locked Tomb series is completely different than the one before it - different points of view, different storytelling style - and yet they all work together, expanding the universe of this story.
- I really don't want to give away too much, and honestly how could one even condense the plot of this series into a caption, but know that like the previous books, NONA THE NINTH is both purposely opaque and wonderfully funny.
- Honestly, it's a bit too long and you can kind of tell that it's part of one book split off into its own story. And yet, I couldn't put it down and loved every minute. I already can't wait to reread it when the time comes to prepare for ALECTO THE NINTH. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Transphobia, Vomit, Trafficking, Abandonment, and Alcohol