Reviews

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

bellyfoo's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.5

peiveli's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

thearcher03's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

lois_q's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.25

palemon's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Re-reading this book, because I bought the second volume.

Madly confusing at the beginning and it felt quite slow because you don’t understand everything. With a second reading it made so much more sense and you see all the hints - although one read is enough to understand everything. 

There’s a lot of details and if you enjoy a well-developed character, this is for you. If you enjoy a thriller, crime book, this is also for you. If you enjoy a darker magic system where not everything is pink and cute, this is also for you.

lateyeti's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

abcd135's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

j_horsley5's review against another edition

Really good so far, but reading other books for clubs. Will pick up again! 

kristianawithak's review against another edition

4.0

This was such an enjoyable read! I wish the whole series was out so I could read them all.

andlivloves's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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

4.0

This book interweves some historical snippets about the fantasy world, Alex' present happenings at Yale, and Alex's backstory together. I personally don't mind that form of story telling, but due to this being a fantasy story in need of a lot of world building, it meant that the first 100 pages were boring and hard to understand. After I finally began to get what was happening, the story really picked up! I loved learned about the magic organizations, Alex's roots, and delving into the mysteries of New Haven. I did find some of the magical action sequences to be a little blah, but I stayed hooked to the end (and quickly searched to see if book 2 was available at my library)!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault