Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

173 reviews

kryzysowa_narzeczona's review

dark emotional 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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

kristindawn1191'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I desperately wish I loved this more, because I LOVE secret society bullshit -- LOVE IT -- and Ninth House had so much potential but alas... Ninth House was enjoyable enough but it had a few issues that I couldn't look past. The character development was lacking, with the MC being reduced to a series of racial stereotypes and childhood traumas without much agency. Most other characters were devoid of any real personality and served mainly as plot devices. The most entertaining character was The Bridegroom; I'd read a whole series about his antics in the afterlife!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

Minor: Excrement

mylargirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? No

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, and Classism

tomasalbanez'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? No

5.0

MEU DEUS. QUE LIVRO BOM! A história te prende enquanto o mundo de Alex desabrocha na sua frente. A mudança de perspectivas é perfeita! No final eu mudei umas 5 vezes entre "como ela vai conseguir terminar a história nesse livro" e "como vai ter mais coisa pra ser contada no livro seguinte". Um começo maravilhoso, um meio intrigante e um final extremamente satisfatório. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Excrement, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

rosy_posy's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.5

Honestly this was just grim and boring - I’m baffled to how this waffle was so boring with such an interesting premise. *Yale and secret societies*. Also Darlington ain’t a mysterious name, it’s a name of a struggling town in the north-east of England, older than Yale, and probably got a more interesting history that I would want to read more than this book. Not engaging at all, and would not read again, or recommend.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Rape

fionamatilda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Excrement

annemoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Infidelity and Fire/Fire injury

bethanie_l's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

I loved this book. I would think about it at work and be excited to get back to it. I was going through a lot of dental treatment when I read it and I actually looked forward to the wait time just so I could read more. 

I really enjoyed learning the rules of this world and seeing how the relationships progressed. The mystery was really good too. I wouldn't classify this as a horror like I'd thought it was, more like a supernatural mystery thriller. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Excrement, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness and Classism

To avoid the rape scene skip over when she

goes to the bathroom while on a trip with her class. Depending on how much you can handle aftermath, start again when they find her or, if more sensitive to aftermath, when they discuss her mom trying to be understanding.

lauralee2909's review against another edition

An egregious amount of sexual assault and rape of underage girls and young women 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

katemarie99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

2024 UPDATE: 
Bumping up from 3.75 stars to a nice even 5. Loved this so much more the second time around. So much complexity, so many layers. The themes really came through and I will be thinking about this book for a long time. Trigger warnings: sexual assault, rape, gore. 

Kinda gave me Addie LaRue vibes, but this succeeded where that one fell flat for me. I'd like a sequel, please. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Classism