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Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

43 reviews

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Blood, Murder, Medical trauma, Violence, Alcohol, Drug use, Body horror, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

franchesca_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Drug use, Murder, and Sexual assault

anka_not_anchor's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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 think anyone who wants to read this should definitely check the trigger warnings for this book because it shocked me with how intense it is in comparison to Bardugo’s other stuff (understandably as this is an adult novel and not YA). However, it’s a very well written book that pulled me out of a reading slump and kept me on the edge of my seat. If you like mystery and the macabre, this is just the thing for you! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Body horror, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Blood, and Gore

veragrom's review

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

5.0

If you start reading this book and you struggle to understand everything withing the first three chapters, I get it. Stick to it, it's worth it. Eventually, there will be more magic; eventually, you will find out more about all the dropped names and societies; eventually you'll get used to the jumping in times and characters. It takes a while to really get into it, but it's absolutely worth it! I think you'll get to like everyone, including Alex. Brilliant work. What I love most about it, is that the magic in this book is believable. I think if magic was a real thing, all the stuff they did in the book and all the problems connected to it would absolutely happen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting and Stalking

rebeccajost's review

challenging dark emotional tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

bobin's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

A good book- I found some of the twists a little predictable but ultimately the way it concluded was very satisfying. Would recommend checking content warnings on this for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Self harm

dkayayay's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Murder, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, and Death

vickthehuman's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, Self harm, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

kie777's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• 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

From time to time I was a bit confused tbh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Medical content, Murder, Grief, Drug use, Addiction, Blood, and Drug abuse

Minor: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts

sedammit's review

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

give me the sequel. now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts