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Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

1182 reviews

mary_stormageddon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It was confusing at points, random flashbacks without warning causing me to have to reread paragraphs. It was good though. I really like Alex and Darlington.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

spiresalex06's review against another edition

Dark in a way that is not interesting or new, just depressing and disturbing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Classism

camam4's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Excrement

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Drug abuse and Rape

katieduffy151's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Fair warning: this book is dark and contains multiple mentions and depictions of sexual assault, drug misuse, etc.

I picked this book up because I wanted something to get me out a reading slump and I liked Bardugo's Crooked Kingdom series. Ninth House was a constant twist and turn that kept me enthralled and engaged. I ate this book up. It was very good, very dark but the whole thing was fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Vomit

callmesheets's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

The plot starts out a little slow and it took me about a quarter of the way through to gain an understanding of the world building. However, the pace picks up pretty quickly closer to the halfway point of the book. I found it also takes some time to get to know the main characters and start caring about them but I think the author does a great job of building the suspense and shares easter eggs about the plot and characters throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

mike739's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Drug abuse and Sexual assault

jay2756's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

pauline_90's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

cdebnath's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail