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Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

1239 reviews

katiemack'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

4.0

The first third of this is tough to follow via audiobook, but once I got used to the nonlinear format and got to know the characters the events of the book start to make sense. I'm also grateful that they REALLY pick up in the second half.

Looking forward to reading Hell Bent (and hopefully seeing more of Dawes; would protect her with my life.) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

tarawade17's review

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Drug abuse, Blood, Body horror, and Gun violence

brandywinebooks's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse

sarahfaith_822's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

This book took me forever to get into and I found it very confusing at times. The last half was much better but still just wasn't my favorite. Idk a bit of a miss for me but definitely not like bad by any stretch 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Drug abuse

tomasalbanez's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

MEU DEUS. QUE LIVRO BOM! A história te prende enquanto o mundo de Alex desabrocha na sua frente. A mudança de perspectivas é perfeita! No final eu mudei umas 5 vezes entre "como ela vai conseguir terminar a história nesse livro" e "como vai ter mais coisa pra ser contada no livro seguinte". Um começo maravilhoso, um meio intrigante e um final extremamente satisfatório. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gore, Blood, Sexism, Rape, Excrement, Violence, Murder, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Classism, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cancer, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

hnicole01's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Addiction, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexism, and Sexual violence

snow_leopard's review against another edition

dark mysterious

• 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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

avereads12's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I support women's (Alex Stern's) wrongs 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

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

moistwaffle's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.75

Honestly, Ninth House is one of my favourite fantasy reads in a long time and I am angry at myself for not reading it sooner. 
I think this book really shows off Bardugo's talent as a writer; the prose here is really elevated compared to her YA books and the characters wonderfully fleshed out. Also, her creativity in expertly intertwining real New Haven and Yale history with the occult was so fun to read. 
The main reason I docked the last 0.25 is because the ending felt rather rushed and the pacing felt a little off in that section. The final chapter

Spoiler

where they tell us that Darlington is a demon

kinda gave me whiplash because I wondered whether I had missed the particular scene where this was worked out. Turns out, nope, they're just setting the scene for the next book. Either way, really looking forward to more of Bardugo's adult novels because I feel they really give her space to shine, and I am getting started on Hell Bent tomorrow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Excrement, and Addiction

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship