Bethany Bee's Reviews > Nona the Ninth

As typical of any of The Locked Tomb novels, I just have to say...what the hell did I just read?

This review will be fairly short, since I don't want to risk spoilers and I'm still processing, but I do think some of what annoyed me about Harrow is still present here: I think it's overly long, and at times the writing seems more in love with its own cleverness than telling a good story.

To be fair it is a very clever book, with Muir's usual visceral wit, and Nona is SUCH a fun, charming narrator. I am now passionately devoted to Nona.

I do appreciate that a lot of the backstory is filled in, giving concrete answers and expanding on the implications from the last two books, but oof I am very, very afraid of what will come next.

If nothing else, Muir is always ambitious, and while that sometimes doesn't work out, the results are always interesting and admirable -- I'd rather read something by someone who's trying to experiment and take risks than another standard Chosen One fantasy or scifi brick by Generic White Male Author.

I'll be processing this one for a while. A long while.