William Nesdale’s Reviews > Ninth House > Status Update

Finished Chapters 30 & 31, where Alex goes to her final confrontation, but the true mastermind is about to reveal themselves.

Well, those were some big chapters, and they had some ground breaking revelations surrounding the mysteries of Tara & the previous cold cases. Still though, I do appreciate developments that are mind-blowing for the right reasons.

Finished Chapters 28 & 29, where Alex Stern’s mother visits and some overdue evidence is found that would blow the case wide open.

Looks like we are closer and closer to the true villain of the story and the final confrontation with them. I do got to say, this story has many plot lines, but at least it doesn’t overwhelm you with a bunch of information, unlike Babel.

Finished Chapters 26 & 27, where Alex’s bad night gets worse.

Looks like we have disposed of one of the most vile people in the book, but we are still not at the end of the book, even though it feels like the end of the book. It appears that we have a little post final boss scenario on our hands.

Finished Chapters 24 & 25 where Alex & Turner go to see Lance to get some information out of him, and after that, Alex goes to a summoning.

Ok, so the good news is, we have some more information on the murder mystery of Tara Hutchins, the bad news is, looks like a member of school is lost for good. Also, I like how the storylines criss-cross each other, although I can understand the criticism that may come out of it

Finished Chapters 22 & 23 where Alex Stern, Dawes & Detective Turner, with a little advice from the other side, team up to investigate the murder of Tara Hutchins.

Looks like we are getting into the meaty details of the book, since we are now in the big investigation now and Alex’s knowledge of what she learned so far is being put to good use. I’m not sure, but this book is more fantasy noire than action.

Finished Chapter 21, where Alex is picked up by Detective Turner, goes back to her residence to heal up and learn how the bridegroom died.

Looks like we have learned the backstories of both the Bridegroom & Alex Stern. To be honest, this is a pretty good book, even if the mysteries twists with each other to varying degrees of perplexity. Looks like we are knee deep in the third act, let’s see how it ends.

Finished Chapter 20, where we see Alex Stern battle with a gruff mechanic.

Ok, so we know a little bit more about Alex’s power range, but we also know a new type of enemy that Alex is struggling to deal with. Luckily, the police is on her side.

Finished Chapter 19, where we uncover the day that changed Alex Stern’s life and the day that her junkie friend died.

Ok, so we finally solved that mysterious backstory and we are sure that to ere is more to Alex then the sum of her parts, and it’s a nice payoff to the build-up that was hinted at in the previous chapter. Now all that’s left is to uncover the two murder mysteries of the present.

Finished Chapter 18, where Darlington takes care of the weather & a portal, while uncovering a potentially terrible truth about Alex.

Wow, so this story may have been built on the same boat as Gone Girl… or maybe it’s told to us by an unreliable narrator who is twisting the narrative to fool the readers into thinking one thing that distracts from the other. Needless to say, we are nearing the end of Act 2

Hey there everyone, finished Chapter 17, where Alex investigates Tara’s apartment.

Ok, so there’s actually stakes being raised, and since there is a mystery, whenever our characters find any sort of clue that advances the plot, chances are that there will be an enemy on their tail. And boy, this chapter has a tough enemy.