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Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

34 reviews

cuteasamuntin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Genocide, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, and War

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Murder, and Dysphoria

emalderwood's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Once again an amazing addition to this series. All at once hilarious and nervewracking and mind blowing. 
- I don't know how Tamsyn Muir manages to make you love so many characters at once (I didn't think I'd ever love anyone as much as Gideon, but this book had so many people to love). 
- I don't have any idea who Nona is but I love her.
- I can't wait to see what happens next because I know it's going to be epic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, War, and Injury/Injury detail

vaguelyredhead's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gun violence, and War

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, and Alcohol

divine529's review against another edition

dark 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

This is the third installment of The Locked Tomb series and you should definitely not start here if you're new to the series. 
Since it's the third book, it's hard to talk about because anything I say would be wading into spoiler territory, but Nona is a new character we haven't met before and no one knows exactly who she is but it's highly likely she's one of, or a combination of, two people and a large part of the book surrounds events concerning Nona and who she is and how she can help various groups achieve what they want. 
This book has a different feel from the others (frankly they all feel different from each other, it's very interesting) and it takes place on a new planet called New Rho and we're introduced to another level of things - there are 4 groups who are all involved (Blood of Eden, the Lyctors, House and then just civilians) and the dynamics were very interesting to read about. 
I loved all the characters but particularly Pal and Cam (as always) and Pyrrha. 
We also get to learn about John's backstory which definitely puts a lot of things into perspective. 
And the ending was wild. 
Definitely looking forward to the fourth installment when it comes out! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Eating disorder, Genocide, Gun violence, Grief, and War

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, and Alcohol

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, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

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

Minor: Police brutality

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

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

Minor: Sexual violence and Police brutality

theravenlyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

5.0

BEAUTIFUL AMAZING SPECTACULAR A VIBE I LOOOOOOVE IT MY GOD 😘👌 the mystery is so enticing im always like what the hELL is happening (affectionate) and i cant put the book down

sweet nona i love u so much and tragically relatable

the way the john chapters interwove was so beautiful and interesting and answers questions and prompts new ones ahhhhh

cant wait for alecto

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Grief

k_aro's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I took the longest to finish Nona the Ninth, not really out of Nona's failings or anything, I just couldn't get into the groove of having a whole bunch of narratives at once at the same time as an entire new cast of characters/new world. I also think it's the book that's easiest for me to tackle in The Locked Tomb series, both having a better grasp of the writing style/world as well as being structured a little more accessibly.

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and War

Minor: Terminal illness

Terminal Illness:

Well, whether Nona's illness is terminal per se is up for interpretation, I guess.

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: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Transphobia, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Trafficking

hayleyvem's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Bullying and Drug use