If you have any specific theories or thoughts about Nona the Ninth or the greater Locked Tomb Series leave a comment below. If you want to tell me I’m wrong or just chat, come find me on Twitter. None hit me quite as deep as Cam and Pal. Crown, the captain, even the kids in Nona’s school. Some of her story retells Trackers, Rashomon -style, but. Surprisingly, Nona reads more straightforwardly than both previous books in the series (as in, it’s not written in second person or like a scattered fever dream), but yet again, it felt like I didn’t understand anything and needed to piece together more (and not by reading the book itself). If you have no idea what I am talking about, go read the first book in this series Gideon the Ninth. Nona unable to read and write but loving them all with absolute certainty. The novel follows the travels and travails of Sogolon, the aforementioned Moon Witch that Tracker frequently conflicted with in his novel. You like campy dialogue and internet culture.You want to sympathize with necromancers.You don’t care if the POV and authorial voice changes from chapter to chapter or book to book (Muir does this very well).You want to finish a book with more questions than you started it with.You want to dive into an active cosplay, and theory community.I really liked this book, it’s certainly not for everyone, but read this modern science fantasy novel if… Somehow, NtN manages to be a book in which nothing happens, a lot is revealed, and a plot where nothing but loose threads remain. Telling the story from the perspective of someone who is practically a child was a brave choice.

The greatest warning I have to give about this book is that it is slow. Nona the Ninth (NtN) is the third entry in what is now the Locked Tomb Series, it was originally a trilogy, but all of us who have ever tried to make something out of an idea know that these things inevitably grow.

What’s more, Muir doesn’t mind reminding us that she will do whatever she wants and we will probably like it. She manages to combine grimdark, internet culture, bible references, and Tumblr together into a compelling narrative. I don’t really know how to describe Muir’s writing to you. Tamsyn Muir has a distinct voice and a talent for writing prose that reveals nothing, hints at everything, and keeps you reading.

Nona the ninth review