Nona the Ninth

Hardcover, 496 pages

Published Sept. 12, 2022

ISBN:
9781250854117

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5 stars (5 reviews)

Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party. In many ways, Nona is like other people. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. But Nona's not like other people. Six months ago she woke up in a stranger's body, and she's afraid she might have to give it back. The whole city is falling to pieces. A monstrous blue sphere hangs on the horizon, ready to tear the planet apart. Blood of Eden forces have surrounded the last Cohort facility and wait for the Emperor Undying to come calling. Their leaders want Nona to be the weapon that will save them from the Nine Houses. Nona would prefer to live an ordinary life with the people she loves, with Pyrrha and Camilla and Palamedes, but …

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5 stars

Ok, confession time. I have given all the books in this series 5 stars without entirely being sure what is going on. I see this as a selling point, not a detraction.
Things become a little clearer in this book. A little.
At first it just seems a simple coming of age tale set in a dystopian city. However, the child concerned is a revenant of someone of great importance from the previous books (it's honestly not who you would think) and despite being adolescent has only actually been around for 6 months.
There is a fair bit of backstory reveal. It all started on Earth, slowly dying in the climate apocalypse and that sets the tone for all that comes after.
The prose is delivered in a style that always (to me) brings to mind REM lyrics, where the intent sometimes is to make meaning appear from random, unconnected …

Too confusing

4 stars

Very confusing. That nothing from the previous books was explained made it even more confusing; i forgot much of the details that were apparently required to know. I mean, i like it when a book in a series doesn't explain every little detail, but a short sentence here and there to jog the memory would have been nice.

It was still pretty good, after a slow start, but i don't like the style. Too confusing.

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5 stars

Subjects

  • New York Times bestseller
  • Fiction, fantasy, epic
  • Fiction, science fiction, space opera

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