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Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

186 reviews

riley2399's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Minor: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

narsere'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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Vomit

massivepizzacrust's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

4.5

I was surprised by how much I liked this! I loved the atmosphere and I want to dive into book #2 immediately. I actually really loved Alex and the relationship she's building with Dawes and Turner. I'd really encourage people to check out content warnings before heading into this one - there are a lot of quite messed up scenes and they get very explicit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

katsmeowbrown's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

valjeanval's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this more than I expected. I’m so tired of magic schools, and I think that the responsibility heaped on college freshmen is probably the weakest part of the book, but the characters and mystery manage to carry the story anyway. It’s much more horror than I was expecting, so be wary of that if you are easily creeped out, but overall a good book. I’m not sure I liked it enough to read the sequel, but I mostly enjoyed this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Classism

Minor: Excrement and Vomit