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Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

163 reviews

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

christaleebee90's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Death, Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, and Drug abuse

natfig'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

eschmidt365's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Murder, Misogyny, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Vomit, Death, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

catul001's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Addiction

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Body horror, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Vomit, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Cursing, Death, Drug use, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

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

laurenbb23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gun violence, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Rape, Murder, Medical trauma, Drug use, Grief, Sexual content, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Torture, Physical abuse, Self harm, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Sexual violence

christina95's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

The overall story of the book is really interesting and written very well, but there are of few scenes - mainly the 12 year old Alex butterfly sequence which I felt was really not needed in the book and spoiled my enjoyment of the novel. I would highly suggest checking the trigger warning for the book, as there is plenty of them.

Putting that to the side the murder mystery story was really intriguing and the magic system (for lack of a better word) was really cool too! The jumping timeline was a little hard to grasp at first but helped keep the story moving. The twists and turns at the end of the novel gives the book a great ending and an eagerness to read the next in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Gore, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Medical trauma, Murder, and Torture

isabelleroyall'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Rape, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood, Gun violence, Medical content, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Vomit, and Alcohol