Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

201 reviews

prairieraven's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

carmencolette's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Murder, and Sexual harassment

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

I really liked this and I'm excited to read the next book. I don't read a ton of books with magic, but this world is just really well-developed, and I felt so connected to a lot of the characters. Excited to read more by this Ms. Bardugo.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Blood, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Alcohol

sarahbethhh'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? It's complicated

3.5

A book of women’s rage. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Rape, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Racism, and Stalking

audlittlebookshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Excrement, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Domestic abuse

narsere's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.75

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Vomit

mfreund77's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

crotchoxide's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Excrement, Murder, and Alcohol

valjeanval'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

4.0

I enjoyed this more than I expected. I’m so tired of magic schools, and I think that the responsibility heaped on college freshmen is probably the weakest part of the book, but the characters and mystery manage to carry the story anyway. It’s much more horror than I was expecting, so be wary of that if you are easily creeped out, but overall a good book. I’m not sure I liked it enough to read the sequel, but I mostly enjoyed this one.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sugar_pill's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship