Reviews

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

caitking98's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.5

brittanyclary's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

stevo's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

afireadsabit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

scribblesss's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

sbarr257's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

crabinspace's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

eas2's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

adoereading's review

5.0

Dark. Witty. Magically. Horrifying. On the edge of your seat.

The question isn’t who did it and who is at fault in this New Adult book filled with mystery and wonder. It’s about what you would do to survive, to live, to make.

Alex Stern has a sketchy past and a life which has not been too grand. However she kicked a door open for a different path when she made a deal with Lethe. She planned to make a new life for herself, carve a new Alex to fit in. She would attend Yale, be Dante to Darlington’s Virgil, put up with the societies, and have a chance at a normal, decent life with friends who weren’t total losers or mixed up in back alley deals like back in Van Nuys.

However, as these things go, one night things go terribly wrong which seems to trigger other events. Does Alex have what it takes? Will her past come back to haunt her? Can she keep hold on this life she’s desperately pieced together in New Haven?

Or will the ghosts swallow her whole?

I suggest you find out for yourself and read Ninth House. It is a book I would highly recommend to fans of mystery, horror, and paranormal. I plan to read this again when Bardugo finishes the series because I could not get enough. I even intend to buy a copy for myself to put on my shelf next to the Grishaverse.

mllejoyeuxnoel's review

5.0

I freaking LOVED this one! So mad I have to wait a month for the next installment. Gah! LOVED IT.

But! I do kinda wish I’d had a cw on a few things. Stop reading this review right here if you don’t want one.




If you do, fair warning: It gets heavy with violence against women and sexual assault. These themes are handled deftly by Bardugo, which is one of the reasons I loved this book so much, but just know some bad shit goes down.