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k_aro's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Off the bat, Nona's internal narrative is much more loving and caring than Gideon and Harrow, which is to say I spent so much more of GtN and HtN actively being confused and annoyed by the various characters, where in Nona they're a lot more understandable. NtN really does pull out to look at what the TLT-verse looks like outside of the Houses (and to a certain degree that life outside of them are in fact so fruitful and lively, which is something I just couldn't really imagine previously).
Ianthe is worse than ever, which is a compliment because I love how terrible she is. Muir really excels at the most horrifying relationships, experienced through shreds of narrative. I agree that NtN really feels like a prologue, but frankly a prologue to what I could not say; this seems to be a running TLT joke where each book is just more confusing and more disorienting than the last. Truly, I could not imagine what Alecto will do.
Graphic: Medical content, Police brutality, Dysphoria, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Car accident, Death, Body horror, Colonisation, Confinement, Drug use, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Incest, Self harm, Toxic relationship, War, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Terminal illness
Terminal Illness:tnm94's review against another edition
- 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
2.75
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Body horror, Gore, Blood, Death, War, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Sexual content, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, and Fire/Fire injury
rowanbg's review
2.5
Here are some of the things I think Muir is Weird about
- Disability: I touched on this in a previous review. Muir has a tendency to be infantalizing towards disabled characters, and this definitely applies to the autistic-coded Nona, who is treated like a child while retaining some of the sexuality of an adult. It's very manic pixie dream girl/born sexy yesterday, but at least we don't have a mediocre white man love interest. Besides that, Cam and Pal's situation makes me wonder if Muir consulted a DID system at all when writing.
- gender/transness: because of the whole lyctor/possession situation, there are a number of trans-coded characters, but no real discussion of actual transness, dysphoria or what it means to be in a body that doesn't totally fit. Also, having the brown, transfem-coded Pyrrha being mistaken as a pimp as a joke is. um.
- twin dynamics/incest: I saw someone on tumblr argue that the Locked Tomb series is gothic horror, and incest is a common facet of gothic horror, and that's why Ianthe and Coronabeth are like that, but gothic horror is maybe the third genre I would put this under, and their relationship is used for humor more often than it is for horror. Part of the problem is that since Ianthe was a major character in the last book, audiences are already endeared to her, and Cornonabeth takes neither an active, nor a resistant role in their relationship. As a twin, I'm always going to find twincest icky, but I think the book could do a lot more to convey how creepy it is.
Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Blood, Violence, Vomit, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Incest, Fire/Fire injury, and Death
voidboi's review
- 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
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
daydreamermoonwalker's review
- 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
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Violence, Terminal illness, Child death, Colonisation, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Incest
Note on the terminal illness: