Ninth House Download

ISBN: 1250313074
Title: Ninth House Pdf
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Published Date: 2019-10-01
Page: 448

An Amazon Best Book of October 2019: Leigh Bardugo made her mark writing bestselling young adult fantasy, but now she’s doing something a little different with Ninth House, her first adult novel. Bardugo uses Yale’s secret societies—their hidden rituals and the power of membership—to create the perfect setting for a story where elitism and the occult are intertwined. In Ninth House we meet Alex Stern, a young woman with nothing left to lose, who is given a strange second chance at a different life—as a freshman at Yale. Alex has been selected to attend not for her academic achievement, but rather to perform a dangerous task for which she is uniquely qualified: finding out who among the secret societies is resurrecting ancient dark magic. Ninth House is an epic read--sharp, dark, and incredibly atmospheric, with a gutsy protagonist and a conclusion that leaves the reader eager for more. --Seira Wilson, Amazon Book Review "Ninth House is the best fantasy novel I’ve read in years, because it’s about real people. Bardugo’s imaginative reach is brilliant, and this story―full of shocks and twists―is impossible to put down." - Stephen King"Ninth House is one of the best fantasy novels I’ve read in years. This book is brilliant, funny, raw and utterly magnificent ― it's a portal to a world you’ll never want to leave." - Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians "Ninth House is the best thing I’ve read in a long time. There’s so much magic here that you'll begin to feel it seeping into the room around you as you read, and characters so real you ’ll practically hear their voices in your ear. Leigh Bardugo has written a book so delicious, so twisty, and so immersive I wouldn’t blame you for taking the day off to finish it." - Kelly Link, author of Magic for Beginners and Get in Trouble."Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House rocked my world. I could not get enough of sinewy, ghost-haunted Alex Stern, a heroine for the ages. With a bruised heart and bleeding knuckles, she risks death and damnation ― again and again ― for the people she cares about. I was cheering her on the whole way: from the first brilliant sentence of this book to the last. More, please, Ms. Bardugo." - Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 "In this mesmerizing novel, Leigh Bardugo introduces us to Alex, a high-school dropout who gets a free ride to Yale because of a unique talent. Bardugo's New Haven is plausible and frightening, and I was one rapt reader." - Charlaine Harris, bestselling author of the True Blood series"With an aura of both enchantment and authenticity, Bardugo's compulsively readable novel leaves a portal ajar for equally dazzling sequels." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Atmospheric...Part mystery, part story of a young woman finding purpose in a dark world." - Booklist (starred review) "Genuinely terrific...The worldbuilding is rock solid, the plot is propulsive, and readers will be clamoring for a sequel as soon as they read the last page." - Library Journal (starred review)"Excellent...Bardugo gives [her protagonist] a thoroughly engaging mix of rough edge, courage and cynicism." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Instantly gripping...Creepy and thrilling...The world of this book is so consistent and enveloping that pages seem to rush by." - BookPage (starred review) “Simultaneously elegant and grotesque, eerie and earthbound...Wry, uncanny, original and, above all, an engrossing, unnerving thriller.” - The Washington Post

The mesmerizing adult debut from Leigh Bardugo, a tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the Ivy League elite

Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?

Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless “tombs” are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street’s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living.

Leigh Bardugo knocks it out of the park again! I've been a Bardugo fan since reading Shadow and Bone several years ago. I was so excited when she announced she would finally be writing an adult book and I was *not* disappointed. It's gritty and dark in all the right places and deals with big issues like drug addiction, mental health, and corruption very well. The characters are well and fully developed and the story had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Definitely recommend!Alex Stern, the unexpectedly relatable love-child of Veronica Mars, Julia Wicker, and Jessica Jones Lev Grossman said of this book, "it's a portal to a world you'll never want to leave." I hope he was talking about a different book, because the book I just read had ghost rape, wildly corrupt authorities, horrifying reveals that would impress Christopher Nolan, and more blood and gore than Carrie at the prom. If that's all cool with you, however, this book is almost a relief to read, because it avoids the more irritating tropes of the horror genre (sl*t-shaming, inter-racial violence, fridging, etc.) in favor of a smart, funny, alarmingly relatable series of characters who handle their sh** in a world constantly ready to give them more. (Okay, there's a tiny bit of fridging. It's complicated.)I read that Leigh Bardugo was a member of the Wolf's Head society when she attended Yale in real life. In this book, Wolf's Head practices shape-shifting magic where the object is to take on the body of an animal but retain human consciousness and intelligence. Maybe that's why this story sometimes seems to be a metaphor for/magical primer on surviving the brutality of the world by taking on the "shape" of a much stronger creature, while still keeping hold of your humanity. It's a great message regardless of who it's coming from, but as Professor Belbalm notes, "Calamity comes too easily to women. Our lives can come apart in a single gesture, a rogue wave." Bardugo writes Alex with such vivid vulnerability and desperation that her snarky bitchiness and moments of sweetness are impressive accomplishments rather than weakness of character. I don't typically like horror stories, but I think I might love this book.Okay Ms. Bardugo, I know you're busy, but when do you think we can get our favorite gentleman out of his jam?Bad, just bad Let me start by saying I am a huge fan of Bardugo and have loved her previous work. The ninth house was a pre order months in advance and I couldn't wait to start it. It even had a promising start, confusing, but promising. Yale, magic, backstories of people evolving etc. Yet the book became more and more a joke the further I got. The plot kept changing, our protagonist being able to overcome things she shouldn't be and the pace was set so high for her, that my own head started spinning from it. It was too much, every single bit was too much. From the "ground zero" story line and her back story, to her "roommates" (really why even keep that in the story, complete side track) to having 5 story lines combined into one book. It was way way too much and in my opinion made it bad.This idea she had was great, I just wish someone had told Bardugo to take another year and start editing as much as possible OUT of it. All in all, disappointed and do not recommend. Pick up any of her other books, especially the six of crows duo logy

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