Ninth House

, #1

Trade Paperback, 459 pages

English language

Published Oct. 19, 2020 by Flatiron Books.

ISBN:
978-1-250-75136-2
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4 stars (2 reviews)

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 bedside, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most elite 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 …

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reviewed Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Alex Stern, #1)

I guess I will be reading the next one...

4 stars

Content warning General spoilers

Review of 'La Novena Casa' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Hay magia negra, fantasmas, sociedades secretas y vida universitaria, pero esta novela es en realidad una crítica al sufrimiento atroz sobre el que se funda el sistema capitalista. Un sufrimiento que, además, carga todo su doloroso peso en las desposeídas: mujeres, personas racializadas, pobres, disidentes y neurodivergentes ven su vida consumida para que los privilegiados mantengan su poder.