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Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

102 reviews

desiderium_incarnate's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Once again, Leigh Bardugo proves to be amazing. No honestly, this book was very exciting. Ghosts and demons and death and mystery, all wrapped with an academia bow. I'm in! 
Really excited for the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Violence

kfatzler's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Bullying

Minor: Physical abuse

kokopeach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Boy I did not see this book coming. Picked up Hell Bent because I liked the cover not realizing it was second book in a series. So of course I had to start from the beginning and this book took me on a WILD ride I couldn’t put it down. The lore is amazing. The prose is on point. None of the cringe clichés that you often see in fantasy and a decent amount of humor to get you through the dark points. Check content warnings. This is a serious adult fantasy. Everything that I want to see in the venger and handled with care. The twists. Whew. I couldn’t guess what was coming next and yes that’s plural because there are multiple that when revealed kept me hungry for more. Starting the next book ASAP.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Bullying

katharina90's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

I liked this better than Bardugo's YA. The worldbuilding is intriguing, although slightly underdeveloped and quite confusing at first. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Drug abuse, Violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Classism, Bullying, and Sexism

oliviah1111's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, Bullying, Cursing, Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Death

csmall73's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Dark intriguing mysterious 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Excrement, Classism, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Death, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, and Violence

naliscribbles's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, Bullying, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kaycie51782's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This books needs some content warnings. There's domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual humiliation.

This book wasn't at all what I was expecting, but that wasn't a bad thing. It's about secret societies at Yale. The story is well written. The jumps between timelines are well done, though there were a few times I got lost and had to back up to figure out what happened.

The story was very interesting: what if you could see ghosts and no one believed you, so it ruins your life... Until it gets you a free ride to a premier Ivy League University.

The plot moves along at a good pace. I never really felt like it was dragging, but it also wasn't action all the time. There's magic, ghosts, intrigue, humans being humans (for good and bad), college parties, murder investigations. It's a fascinating story.

And the ending? Perfect. I went to the library the minute it opened the next day to get the sequel! 

It's a good read, but heed the content warnings. They are in context with the story. They aren't necessary (and I'm increasingly annoyed that they are used as plot devices) but they don't stick out as egregious either.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Murder, Addiction, Rape, Sexual violence, Bullying, and Excrement

readrabbitwrite's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Drug use, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Gore, Blood, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

morethanmylupus's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This book was SO SLOW. The amount of world building was important but it could probably have been done in 1/3 of the length. The story dragged and dragged and dragged. It finally got really good in the last 15% or so and now I'm rather annoyed to find that I'm invested and need to finish the series. I hope the rest of the books move a little faster.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Rape, Bullying, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Violence, and Death of parent