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Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

1794 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

buffy4evah's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

Great example of dark academia set at Yale, complicated main character with a tortured past, interesting world and magic system. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Violence

ink_nettle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

the_crafty_chapter's review against another edition

I really wanted to like this book and keep with it— I feel like it’s the epitome of dark academic fantasy. But I just couldn’t really get behind any of the characters, the mystery aspects just kept getting stretched out and I the pacing felt too slow.

I think it’s interesting compared to how much I like Bardugo’s YA novels where I loved the characters/character development, action and quicker pace more inline with the plot.

I also couldn’t mentally get beyond the field trip scene, and although I’m not sure if it eventually made sense in the plot, it just felt the specific choices made weren’t needed. I think there can be horrifying scenes in plots without the need for certain actions being taken if it’s just for shock factor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

gasleen's review against another edition

dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Vomit, and Abandonment

beanodie75's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

pugcaso's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I found the description of Yale to be distracting, I couldn’t really get into the setting. But Bardugo graduated from Yale so that must be why. I think I was expecting a hard magic system since I was disappointed that many magic items from Lethe came out of nowhere to do exactly what she needed. But the main story is Alex. And Darlington’s. Two lonely people who have been abandoned in different ways.

Sandow took advantage of both. Speaking of Sandow, Bardugo added enough context for readers to piece together the murder mystery, and I love that. While I found Belbalm to be very suspicious and possibly working with Sandow, how could anyone piece together what she was up to? We needed more of Daisy’s background for this to land.

I loved Darlington and Alex’s growth. Dawes really grew on me too! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder