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Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

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katmindae'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? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Going to sleep on it because I loooved reading this but I have gripes

- I almost gave up on the intro because I could not get my bearings for maybe 50-100 pages. Seeing that in a lot of reviews now I kind of hate the time jumping but I also kind of love it.. but it was too much at the beginning for a first book in the series. I went back to the first chapter once the timeline caught up and only then did it make sense. Definitely need more time to slowly give introductions when I think a character like Alex (like Harry Potter or a similar “omg what there’s this whole hidden world character) should be such an easy vehicle for excusable exposition - I liked the chapter breaks of the Lethe book but I didn’t even understand what Lethe was until chapter 3. The atmosphere was there but also with the writing style being atmospheric I couldn’t figure out what was real or a metaphor for a long time. I thought the first chapter was an apocalypse situation.

- idk I haven’t seen in other reviews but it felt kind of 2015 feminism to me IDK !!!!! loved parts of the callouts to frat and rape culture but some of it felt heavy handed and tripe. Last sequence especially had me disappointed

because why have Daisy be the Big Bad when the greedy old white man was right there!!! I get the callout to white feminism but idk felt way more like a book 2 kind of theme.

- last 50? (Ebook so not sure) pages and the final climax left me super disappointed. One too many twists. Wrong Big Bad.

Still can’t wait to get a library card so I can devour hellbent tho

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erupoo's review

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Got over half way through (10h12min, 7h51min left) and had to stop. Explicit and detailed descriptions of r*pe and SA, including with a child. Was very disappointed bc love Leigh Bardugo's other work but this ruined the book for me and prevented me finishing it. Would have been a great book otherwise. It was so unnecessary to include these.

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sunishi's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

The beginning and end of the book both brought completely different feelings from me and I am surprised by the change sudden change.
The beginning of the book felt more like a history lesson with constant information being thrown at me and it lead to the pace of the book slowing down. While I normally do not mind background information being presented in this case, Leigh Bardugo may have went too far. It was also the case that most of the history was not understandable in the first read, I found the short explanations of the different societies at the end made it easier to understand the inner workings of Yale. Therefore through out the first half the book I was not extremely enthusiastic.
However, this changed when the plot began to unravel more, allowing me to completely focus on what is happening and think about how each of the characters will react to their predicaments. The two twists at the end were not something I expected, while I was close to getting one twist the other was completely unexpected. This sudden shift if the focus and dynamic is the reason I continued reading the book, along with my compulsion to finish and book that I start.
Overall, I would say that this book has been written well and while the information in the beginning may not have been useful to me it may useful to others. I believe that second half has convinced me to read the next book. We will see how I faire with this!

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mhernanan's review

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adventurous dark mysterious 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

…never let them know you’re next move

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catmac91's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.0

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enciaga's review against another edition

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🎶 SA isn't sexyyy 🎶

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charlietilstra's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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ebulliencedtl's review

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adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

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shelbyrodger's review

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dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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hwildy's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

After being in a reading slump this was exactly what I needed, even though it was dark this book was painfully funny. Alex was a wonderful protagonist in the way that she was heavily flawed and often times very lost in what was happening. She was sharp witted and cruel when needed but being slowly given her story we were able to love her before we even knew her, much like Dawes or Darlington. As someone who has struggled with addiction the recurring mention, though often times being off handed or part of a bigger picture, resonated with the way my own life often revolved around those actions. Her mother was a distant character in the book and we get the sense that Alex had to distance them to not hurt her mother any more. Dawes is my favorite character in the book, I don’t care if she wasn’t that large a role, she was funny in the same way as Alex and in my opinion she is meant to be what Alex could have been. From the beginning I hated the Dean ,mostly because he was an old man but that doesn’t matter, he was a very well hidden character and I felt he served his purpose. The minor role of Mercy and her other roommate felt like another metaphor for addiction, the magic in her life is something she has to hide from her friends to protect herself and then. In many ways magic is another addiction as it does take a toll on the body but when practicing it is something of great relief and pain. I hope Darlington comes back because even though he was annoying there are clearly layers to his character. North was great, he reminds me of an older sibling and his an Alex’s constant power struggle was hilarious in the face of the ‘no interaction’ and ‘no making deals’ rules of the Lethe. The writing style was very addictive and the perfect balance between description and action. The dialogue was fantastic, mostly Alex’s. Alex’s final act in this major plot point was reclaiming her name Galaxy which she had once traded for Alex and the normality it brought.

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