Reviews with content warning for Drug use - Ninth House

Decent fantasy/mystery novel. Definitely written as a first novel in a series. Lots of action throughout, but the plot line is bleary and confusing. Still not sure if I’ll continue on in the series

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littlemissdev's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

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stayshomeandreads's review against another edition

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3.5

Way more fucked up than you’d expect

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peegiereeds's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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cordeliant's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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cjfooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I really didn’t know how to feel about the start of this book - it wasn’t at all what I was expecting that’s for sure. But by the time I finished it, I enjoyed it enough to want to read the sequel.
There are definitely a couple of scenes that seem unnecessarily violent (one in particular that feels very unnecessarily sexually violent - and this is coming from someone who loves the horror genre) so 110% check the trigger warnings for this.
In the end, I loved the spooky university, cult, rich prejudice vs low-middle class, Illuminati vibes with a cool main character, a unique concept, and loads of suspense, mystery and world building(?).
But didn’t love the sexual violence (some of it fair enough for the plot, some of it not), and that I wasn’t mentally prepared for how f*cked up some scenes/concepts are.
Would I recommend it? For just the right person, yes.

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2.5

‼️Trigger warnings definitely need to be published at the beginning of this book! If they could dedicate an entire page to information about the type face, they could have dedicated a page to avoid triggering or traumatizing readers.

This book has rape (including rape of an underaged girl), graphic murder scenes, drugs/drug overdose death, and a lot of violence and gore. It constantly reminds the reader of all of the gruesome ways that people can die. Some of it felt like it was just added for the shock factor. Somehow all of the characters just continue along like they don't all need therapy 🙄

Loved the magic and lore behind this story but it was much more graphic and violent than what I generally prefer to read. My bad for not doing my due diligence, but also their bad for not publishing any TWs in the book.

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