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The Ninth Life of Louis Drax
by Liz Jensen
Louis Drax has never been an ordinary boy. At nine years old, he has had many many accidents already, some bigger, other smaller. But the biggest is the one where this story starts. When he is out for a picnic with his parents for his ninth birthday, Louis falls off a cliff into a ravine. He survives, but ends up in a very deep coma. The boy is transferred to the hospital of Dr Pascal Dannachet, who tries to bring him back to consciousness. But things do not go as planned, and will we ever find out what happened to cause his accident?
The book uses a first person perspective and switches between Louis (in his coma) and Dr Dannachet. We get a clear insight in both their minds and their struggles, whilst still being held at bay on the topic of the circumstances of the accident. The boy walks the fine line between consciousness and coma, and has a gift to cross over. Meanwhile his mother has a very different talent.
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax is a thrilling novel full of twists and turns. It is very hard to attach to any of the main characters, except for Louis perhaps, because of the many moral lines they tiptoe around. Everything is solved in the end, but maybe that is why the final chapters are a bit too happy ending-y.
The book uses a first person perspective and switches between Louis (in his coma) and Dr Dannachet. We get a clear insight in both their minds and their struggles, whilst still being held at bay on the topic of the circumstances of the accident. The boy walks the fine line between consciousness and coma, and has a gift to cross over. Meanwhile his mother has a very different talent.
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax is a thrilling novel full of twists and turns. It is very hard to attach to any of the main characters, except for Louis perhaps, because of the many moral lines they tiptoe around. Everything is solved in the end, but maybe that is why the final chapters are a bit too happy ending-y.