Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

86 reviews

lizzymorang's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

It's a slightly slow start, but if you stick with it it's an incredible read. Masterfully written, so many plot twists, and it manages to feel real and relevant even though it's fantasy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Gore, Violence, and Body horror

Minor: Racism

lottieingham's review

dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, Gore, Vomit, Blood, Gaslighting, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Cursing, Alcohol, Rape, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Medical content and Racism

sarahbethhh's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

A book of women’s rage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Drug abuse, and Racism

katsmeowbrown's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Racism

lauralee2909's review

An egregious amount of sexual assault and rape of underage girls and young women 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

uncreativeoops's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual violence, Violence, Addiction, Classism, Sexual assault, Medical content, Sexual content, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

Minor: Racism and Vomit

starweather's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Trafficking, Rape, Sexual content, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Animal death

ptara's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gore, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, and Addiction

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, and Drug abuse

risaleel's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Addiction, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Racism, Suicide, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Cursing

Minor: Bullying, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

aconwell21's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

What Bardugo does well, she does incredibly well. What she doesn’t do well, she really doesn’t do well. 

Things she did well: world building, plot twists
Things she did not do well: the plot doesn’t match a lot of her social commentary, writing from the perspective of a Ladino woman even though she is not Ladino and reverts to stereotypes, lots of rape scenes, some of which don’t serve any purpose

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Racism, Violence, and Rape

Minor: Infidelity