Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

216 reviews

heather_harrison's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

A delicious combination of occult magic, dark academia, foreboding, and social commentary. 

Alex (Galaxy) is yet another example of Bardugo’s crafted flawed protagonist; a former high school drop out drug addict who is provided a chance to join Lethe, secret society at Yale. Their purpose is the monitor the other magical secret societies but when a girl turns up dead, Alex is convinced something is off. 

It is unapologetically dark and graphic at times. A blend of horror & dark adult fantasy. 

The time line was a bit confusing when listening via audiobook but I otherwise really enjoyed this and cannot wait for the sequel Hell Bent 😈

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Sexual harassment

uncreativeoops's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism and Vomit

avie_1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Blood, Medical content, Alcohol, and Classism

There was awful scene with bugs Generally I wish there were option of "insects"/"bugs" content warning

curiouslizz's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Excrement

emeliaisreading_'s review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Gore, and Sexual assault

jelliestars's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Antisemitism, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Infidelity, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Racism, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Colonisation

emeraldrina's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Wow this book was so good! Outside the restrictions of YA we really see Bardugo’s full range of skills. The characters, the plot, the mystery, all the incredible details of the world - beautifully mixing truth and fantasy - are perfectly crafted. I loved seeing all the little true facts and places of New Haven and Yale and the various societies. And they were seamlessly woven into the story so that it never felt like we were getting info dumps or extraneous detail. At first Alex annoyed me, but the more I learned about her past and motivations the more I loved her. So many of her snarky quips are stuck in my head now and I can’t get enough! I can’t wait to read the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cancer

pixellatxd's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

patienceholmes's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

Want to make it very explicit that the SA referenced in the content warnings in one instance refers to a minor/p*dophilia. The scene is very graphic. Be safe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism