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Liz Jensen

Autor(a) de The Ninth Life of Louis Drax

13+ Works 2,062 Membros 128 Reviews 3 Favorited

About the Author

Inclui os nomes: Liz Jensen, Elisabeth Jensen

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Obras de Liz Jensen

The Ninth Life of Louis Drax (2004) 652 cópias
The Rapture (2009) 432 cópias
The Uninvited (2012) 288 cópias
War Crimes for the Home (2002) 130 cópias
Ark Baby (1998) 116 cópias
Egg Dancing (1995) 69 cópias
The Paper Eater (2000) 69 cópias
Girl from the South (2003) 2 cópias
Our Silver City, 2094 1 exemplar(es)
De papiervreter 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

Beacons: Stories for Our Not So Distant Future (2013) — Contribuinte — 34 cópias
We, Robots (2010) — Contribuinte — 23 cópias
Arc 1.4: Forever alone drone (2012) — Contribuinte — 7 cópias
Vector 296 (2022) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)

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Conhecimento Comum

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I was anticipating a much stronger fantasy/magical realist element here. Blurb talks about a boy who survives eight major accidents, one for each year of his life, and on his ninth birthday falls off a cliff and into a coma. While in the coma he encounters a mysterious figure inside his head. While none of that description is inaccurate, the explanation in the novel is out of the realm of the literary crime/psychological thriller genre rather than the fantasy/supernatural genre.

While I feel somewhat misled, therefore, the novel was still an acceptable read. None of the characters - the mother Natalie Drax, the father Pierre Drax, the coma expert Dr. Dannachet - are quite what they appear to be when first introduced, and as the story unfolds it takes some disturbing turns. Ironically, the "major reveal" comes about near the end of the novel through a supernatural device that by that point felt a bit forced and out of place, and the book takes an odd though brief turn into philosophizing about the innate nature of women that had me cocking an eyebrow quizzically.

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lelandleslie | outras 21 resenhas | Feb 24, 2024 |
Interesting tale linking climate change, eschatology, the rapture.
 
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cbinstead | outras 46 resenhas | Aug 10, 2022 |
I just couldn't get into this book. I saw the end of the story almost before the book began. Maybe if I had been in a different mood I would have liked this book.
 
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Carmentalie | outras 15 resenhas | Jun 4, 2022 |
I read this because I've really liked Liz Jensen's stuff in the past, and I still really like her writing style. It's a very interesting story as well, with everyone seeing different things in this one girl. The only thing that sort of bugged me was one plot point that felt very "high-school" to me because the main character assumed she was unlovable because she's in a wheelchair and then didn't actually talk to anyone about the truth of it.
 
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katebrarian | outras 46 resenhas | May 3, 2021 |

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Obras
13
Also by
4
Membros
2,062
Popularidade
#12,469
Avaliação
½ 3.5
Resenhas
128
ISBNs
143
Idiomas
10
Favorito
3

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