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Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

54 reviews

siannn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

favourite read of 2022 this book is everything and more 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Gun violence, Gore, Sexual harassment, Murder, Misogyny, Medical content, Infidelity, Excrement, Cursing, Classism, Blood, Torture, Suicide, Sexism, Rape, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Addiction, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Drug use, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Trafficking, Racial slurs, and Racism

antjeliest's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Violence, Classism, Cursing, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual violence, Blood, Hate crime, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Excrement, Gun violence, Sexism, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Vomit, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

https_lia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

So I definitely enjoyed reading this book, although in the beginning I wanted to stop reading because I did not understand anything at all at first but when I read a little more I did start to have a little more understanding, it was difficult to read or basically get into because in my opinion you get thrown into ALOT at first like so much happens in a little bit of time and then you also go back and forth in time with the chapters so at first I forgot if I was in the present or in the past time but now that I've read it all I definitely enjoyed reading it and absolutely love the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Torture

scarlettskyes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Torture, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, and Misogyny

daryn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Murder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body horror, Torture, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Excrement and Grief

kalinamiski1's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Murder, Addiction, Blood, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Torture

jadead's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gore, Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Blood, and Addiction

Moderate: Vomit, Torture, and Misogyny

alenarosev's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, and Kidnapping

jessikittyx's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Vomit, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, and Deadnaming

Very dark heavy book triggers in each chapter.

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.0

I was enjoying this book and all it’s literary references until the final 10%. I listened to the audiobook which was at times a bit difficult to follow due to this book adding quotations from journals and other fictional works within the world of Lethe into the ends of chapters, they probably would have been more impactful reading the ebook or the physical book than they were in the audiobook format. I’m not sure if I would read a 2nd book in this series, I liked everything with Darlington and Alex and would like to see more of that dynamic. I didn’t mean to read a bunch of Leigh Bardugo this month, but this book came up on my library holds right when I needed a new audiobook so this is where I’m at. 

Overall I’m a bit tepid about this book, it was interesting enough to keep me engaged but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it to anyone. I did like the paranormal mixed together with the murder mystery, I don’t read very many books with ghosts in them so I’m not sure if it was the book itself or that element that I wasn’t thrilled with. I am a big fan of Gilmore Girls so this book definitely made me think of Rory’s time at Yale and hanging out with the Life and Death Brigade. 

If you liked ghosts in modern day Yale and a little paranormal murder mystery this may be the book for you. 

Content warnings for this book: attempted assault, drug use, child abandonment, sexual assault, suicide, homicide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Death, Drug abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Classism, Abandonment, Addiction, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use

Minor: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Rape, Stalking, Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault