A review by aconwell21
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

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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