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k_aro's review against another edition
- 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: 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: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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War
Moderate: Eating disorder, Incest, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury
rowanbg's review against another edition
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: Eating disorder, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Incest, and Fire/Fire injury
voidboi's review against another edition
- 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: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Eating disorder, Incest, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and War
Minor: Genocide, Vomit, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation
daydreamermoonwalker'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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Note on the terminal illness: