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A review by cjfooks
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, and Murder