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Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

1272 reviews

ainekate1's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

This book was not for me. I know others really enjoyed it but it took me about 60% of the way through to “get into it” but even then I feel like I wasn’t into it I just didn’t have to keep rewinding my audiobook anymore. It was confusing, rape and sexual assault thrown in for what felt like shock value, overall it was not for me. I will not be reading the sequel. I would’ve DNFed but wanted to finish it for book club and I have a hard time DNFing too.

It had an interesting premise with magical societies at Yale (think fraternities/sororities), but poorly executed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ashlynbaer's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Genuinely could not put this book down. I read it nonstop for 7 hours. Can’t wait to get my hands on the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Classism

Minor: Antisemitism

indiaadodd's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lalalareesa's review against another edition

When she got raped by a ghost I dipped

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Rape

foramtastic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, and Murder

raegandchambers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.75

Okay, I want to preface this by saying I loved the plot and the story. I read the Familiar first and was nervous about Ninth House because I was afraid it would have the same type of ending. Let me say the ending was amazing. The story felt well thought out. The prose was amazing. This story was great!

HOWEVER and this is a big however the way in which the sexually explicit scenes were handled was bad. There were ways to go about telling that part of the story without going into that much detail. I didn't read reviews or look up trigger warnings and I wish I would have. After I read two of the three scenes I had to put the book down and watch some wholesome videos. I didn't know if I would finish the book because of them. Ultimately I am glad that I did because I enjoyed the rest of the plot. But I wish I had known so that I would have been prepared. However because of that I am not able to give this book too high of a rating and I know that is a personal issue. But it really really threw me off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body horror

colonelwonkylilac'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? Yes

2.75

i have so many mixed feelings about this. the storyline was interesting but there were some details that just felt unnecessarily dark or grotesque. strange. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, and Classism

Minor: Vomit

carlyrude's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Racism, and Rape

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

angentidea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol