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A review by diaadiary
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen
4.0
“It’s a shameful thing for any parent to have to admit, but there are moments when the flesh of our flesh, the creatures we love most in the world, can fill us with passionate fury. Loathing, even” (70).
Summary:
Nine-year-old Louis Drax is an accident prone boy. Every year something violent happens to him but he manages to survive these accidents every time. On his ninth birthday, Louis and his parents go on a picnic and Louis falls off a cliff. He’s alive but deep in a coma and sent to Dr. Pascal Dannachet’s coma clinic.
This book is strange, sinister, vivid and freaking wild. It fools you once, twice and a third time. The writing is unsettling in that it’s both addicting and grotesque. The characters are so real and magnetic. They make you want to perform an autopsy of their thoughts and motives. Basically, this book is an adult version of a pop-up book.
Louis Drax is definitely not like any other character I’ve read about. His story consumes you from the start of the book, his words are so dark, and his voice literally snatches you by the collar and traps you into the chambers of his strange mind. On the other hand, Dr. Pasal Dannachet’s voice is like a shot of reality. The reader sympathizes with him and feels horrified alongside Dr. Dannachet as the mysteries of Louis’ birthday are gradually unraveled.
This book makes you question the people around you and what they are truly thinking. It makes you realize that there is so much information we don’t know about perception and what a human mind is capable of. There is so much to dissect from this novel and I think it n e e d s a reread.
Summary:
Nine-year-old Louis Drax is an accident prone boy. Every year something violent happens to him but he manages to survive these accidents every time. On his ninth birthday, Louis and his parents go on a picnic and Louis falls off a cliff. He’s alive but deep in a coma and sent to Dr. Pascal Dannachet’s coma clinic.
This book is strange, sinister, vivid and freaking wild. It fools you once, twice and a third time. The writing is unsettling in that it’s both addicting and grotesque. The characters are so real and magnetic. They make you want to perform an autopsy of their thoughts and motives. Basically, this book is an adult version of a pop-up book.
Louis Drax is definitely not like any other character I’ve read about. His story consumes you from the start of the book, his words are so dark, and his voice literally snatches you by the collar and traps you into the chambers of his strange mind. On the other hand, Dr. Pasal Dannachet’s voice is like a shot of reality. The reader sympathizes with him and feels horrified alongside Dr. Dannachet as the mysteries of Louis’ birthday are gradually unraveled.
This book makes you question the people around you and what they are truly thinking. It makes you realize that there is so much information we don’t know about perception and what a human mind is capable of. There is so much to dissect from this novel and I think it n e e d s a reread.