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Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

171 reviews

quinnpjd930's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Murder, Medical content, Gore, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Rape, Body horror, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Murder, Misogyny, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Addiction, Body horror, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Drug use, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Physical abuse, Body horror, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence

mollyelyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Brilliantly executed, wonderfully dark. Starts slow, but oh my gosh the twists had me reeling. Those last 100 pages or so were so captivating, i couldn’t put it down! I grew to love the characters and deeply feel for them. Leigh Bardugo has an excellent way of crafting complex, twisted protagonists who are certainly not good people (in any sense of the word) but are just so very human

(except when they’re not)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Physical abuse, Medical content, Addiction, Death, Body horror, Cursing, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Pedophilia, Gun violence, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Sexual content

madinhoa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Classism, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

annerbtw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

 I only knocked off half a star because there were some parts of the dialogue that made me CRINGE a little, but I think it fit the characters well enough.

After reading through the reviews, it feels like people's biggest gripe about this book is the length/pace... my opinion is that if you don't like a slow burn, where the pieces of the puzzle inch closer, and closer until there's a clear picture... you probably won't enjoy this book that much. I really enjoyed the pace, I liked developing my own theories as new information popped up, and I loved being WRONG. There was so much revenge that made me go, "FUCK YES!" So many gratifying moments... I'm so excited to dive right into the second book. 🤩

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

jeffreydgrant's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Gore, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Classism

Minor: Vomit and Excrement

xiggy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body horror, and Death

sabrinalefebvre's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

3.75 ⭐️ 

In my opinion, the second half was much better then the first one. I fell in love with the characters in the second half; Darlington, North, Alex, Dawes. Can’t wait to see them in Hell Bent.

The pacing was a bit slow at first so be warned that for the first like 150-200 pages, it’s slow

I also didn’t have a problem with her writing here as I did with her ya series (shadow and bone and Six of Crows)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

jelliestars's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Drug use, Gore, Medical content, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Antisemitism, Classism, Excrement, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Misogyny, Gun violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer, Colonisation, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Infidelity, and Slavery

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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: Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Addiction, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Racism, Suicide, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Cursing

Minor: Bullying, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

whiterabbit_metta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

This is a fantastic book. While it is often heavy and hard topics, it is well done. I'm glad I read it and will read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexism, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Blood, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment