Reviews with content warning for Drug use - Ninth House

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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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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angentidea's review against another edition

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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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robinlovesrain's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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 didn't really feel gripped by this book until about halfway through - the pacing up front was a little slow, and there's a lot to learn about the world. But at about that halfway point, something tipped, and once the book had me, it HAD me. Dark and mysterious and violent and magical. Really really great read.

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