Review by bezarue - Ninth House

bezarue 's review for:

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I enjoyed this a lot, though I think there were times where it lost the sense of its own vibes. I didn't mind it combing a murder mystery with the occult, but I'm not sure the prose was always consistent, and I don’t think the flashbacks were always employed to the best effect. I'm not sure I vibed with Alex, I'm glad she turned out to not be as pick me as she was set up to be at the beginning, but I could have done with something other than gratuitous trauma shaping her personality. I think Turner was my fave tbh. I'm almost hoping he gets to peace out of book 2. The mystery was very compelling and there were a lot of twists right up to the end.

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