Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

961 reviews

liv_graceish's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Murder, and Classism

vidotson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

rebecca_really_reads's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

dancin_kimmie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

Gets really good halfway through, once more dots have connected

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Sexual assault

libcolleen's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Medical content, and Classism

Minor: Vomit

bookdrag0n's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

raisinreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

wanted to do a quick reread before finally reading hell bent. imo, of the recently released dark academia novels, this is one of the best. bardugo creates an interesting world with a compelling plot. i also think the way the plot & the intricacies of the novel unfold comes across very naturally, just the right amount of letting people be confused before slowly unveiling the mysteries & magic system etc. 

 none of the characters in her stories have held up to the cast of six of crows, but that is a high (and gay) bar to meet, so it's understandable.

this book discusses sexual assault/rape. it is not described in graphic detail, but it is briefly described and comes up multiple times throughout the novel, so i would keep that in mind if the topic is a trigger.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

ireadinbed's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

So many books that take me a while to get into I cannot get myself to give them a five star rating. But I can't bear to downgrade ninth house for my own mood when I started reading. 

Alex and Darlington are such amazing characters and I am enthralled by this seedy, magical vision of New Haven. I loved pretty much everything about this book and I was expecting to find it super offensive after a fee reviews I saw tbh. 

Had to immediately move on to Hellbent! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault

ehoustonmyatt's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Sexism, and Violence

rynbrnlsglzr'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

5.0

A modern fantasy thriller where magic is real and secret societies at an Ivy League school delve it out to the rich and powerful. You follow the flawed main character during her freshman year working for the society who serve as a kind of magic police department to keep the other societies in check. A person disappears, someone is murdered, there’s twist and turns. There is some dark stuff in here. If SA is triggering for you, don’t read this. Looking forward to the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse