Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

607 reviews

_laurenslittlelibrary_'s review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Excrement, Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Medical content

loudonuts's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

opening with several tedious chapters of Yale circlejerking was already a huge turn off. i expected to eventually like the main character- the author desperately wants you to- but i never came around on her. the institutionalisation of the magic was the most interesting part, but there was not enough substance to it. i can see that the author wanted to tell a story about the consequences of privilege and power in NINTH HOUSE, but for me, nothing truly satisfying was done with that premise. it is mostly a basic whodunnit with a main character that is handed answers rather than the reader being able to piece it together. a generous 2 stars from me, but only because of the hints of an interesting magic system.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Torture, Blood, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Grief, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

This book is brilliant, but if you aren't prepared for an unflinching story of a hard life of a girl who has been plagued by SV her whole life, I'd recommended not reading it until you are.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gore, Death, Blood, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Grief, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Classism

kissjjong's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

just_justine's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

lilymeibean's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

an interesting addition to the "dark academia" genre -- it consistently had a mysterious vibe that kept me on my toes and while i was able to predict some elements of the plot, others kept me entirely in the dark. i would've liked to have been able to draw conclusions that didn't kind of come out of nowhere like some did -- but i still enjoyed the reading experience overall! i'll definitely be picking up the sequel next!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Gore

marmsies's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

cargosharks's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Gore

Minor: Addiction

crowseph's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

jontel's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

Overrated, slow pacing and repetitive then packs on too much at the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Gore