Reviews tagging 'Deadnaming'

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

4 reviews

theatrealpaca's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, and War

Minor: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

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

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