Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

106 reviews

littlebluepenguin's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Classism, Rape, Drug use, Medical trauma, and Grief

leahb88'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The world was a bit confusing at first but I loved the concept. There were so many twists and turns and I wanted to just keep reading. The way the plot unfolds and how the larger forces at play are revealed definitely have me interested in the next book. Alex feels very well thought out and real and her character development was so interesting to read. Definitely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Medical trauma, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse

Minor: Self harm

mutterwithtutter's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-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: Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Murder, Medical trauma, Gore, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Physical abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Antisemitism

sam_wal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death, Sexual assault, Cursing, Gore, Drug use, Rape, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Confinement, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

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

dixiecarroll's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

An interesting take on the dark academia genre though I would call this more of a murder mystery with some dark academia in it - Alex Stern is not in a secret society, she is the “law and order” for them (vague take). I ultimately think this was trying so hard to be an adult book that it was over complicated and confusing, but I had fun and I’m excited for the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Racism, Excrement, Vomit, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Addiction, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

kirstieanya'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Death, Addiction, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, Blood, Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

onemamareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/ninth-house

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Violence, Drug abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death, Classism, Alcoholism, and Addiction

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

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.25

This was so completely not what I expected. I prefer to go into every book as blind as I can, I knew this was dark academia with some magical realism and that it was set at Yale. That’s it. In the first few chapters I was so confused and backward that I started over to make sure I didn’t miss something important, but it’s purposefully confusing for the beginning which can be hard to get through. It’s shocking to me that this came from the same mind that wrote Shadow & Bone, in a good way. The RANGE! This is one of those books with a premise so unique and a world built so deeply that you can’t begin to wrap your mind around how the author did it. I’m extremely impressed. Each character was so well crafted and explored EXCEPT for Darlington, which is what keeps this from being 5 stars for me. For being such a key player in the plot, we don’t see nearly enough of him or learn enough about him. The end feels less believable because we saw from his perspective and yet never had a single thought about this subplot, which would’ve been a huge, life altering factor for him. Either way, really enjoyed and will pick up the new sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Alcohol, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, and Vomit