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A review by crowfolio
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Murder, Medical trauma, Grief, Gaslighting, Vomit, Abandonment, Cancer, Death of parent, and Medical content
Minor: Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, and Body horror
Extreme trauma is a fundamental aspect of the main character's backstory and is explicitly brought up several times throughout the book. This trauma is complex and involves sexual abuse as a minor, severe and life threatening substance abuse, abusive relationships and living situations, and a whole lot of other heavy topics. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone in a fragile state of mind who can be easily triggered by any of those subjects or closely related subjects.