Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

612 reviews

lilymeibean's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

an interesting addition to the "dark academia" genre -- it consistently had a mysterious vibe that kept me on my toes and while i was able to predict some elements of the plot, others kept me entirely in the dark. i would've liked to have been able to draw conclusions that didn't kind of come out of nowhere like some did -- but i still enjoyed the reading experience overall! i'll definitely be picking up the sequel next!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Gore

marmsies's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

cargosharks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Gore

Minor: Addiction

crowseph's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

jontel's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

Overrated, slow pacing and repetitive then packs on too much at the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Gore

spiresalex06's review against another edition

Dark in a way that is not interesting or new, just depressing and disturbing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Classism, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Violence, Pedophilia, Murder, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, and Gore

camam4's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Sexual assault, Gore, and Excrement

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Rape and Drug abuse

vavocado's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

callmesheets's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The plot starts out a little slow and it took me about a quarter of the way through to gain an understanding of the world building. However, the pace picks up pretty quickly closer to the halfway point of the book. I found it also takes some time to get to know the main characters and start caring about them but I think the author does a great job of building the suspense and shares easter eggs about the plot and characters throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Violence, Drug abuse, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Addiction, Cursing, Blood, Gaslighting, Medical content, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Vomit, Rape, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Body horror, Suicide, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Gore, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Death, and Alcohol