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Ninth House

Bardugo Leigh
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fantasy urban fantasy / college mystery past tense third limited POV ~570 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

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oppressive gothic paranoid

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 45%
noneexplicit
Humor 25%
seriouscomedic
Romance 35%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count142,577
Page count~570 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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