Ninth house amazon7/3/2023 ![]() ![]() ‘Ninth House’ is about magic, alchemy, and mystery – and for this reason, it should have a consistent magic system.Īs popularised by Brandon Sanderson, there are deemed to be two kinds of magic systems in literature: Hard and Soft. The skill that’s shown by some of the best fantasy authors (J.K.Rowling, Shauna McClemens to name a few) is to construct a world that feels realistic, and importantly, one that has rules which cannot be broken. ENDING.) I found myself wanting to skip whole chapters to get closer to the end. But I didn’t enjoy any of it either – and considering it’s around 450 pages in length (and I was reading on a Kindle which felt NEVER. For this reason, I’m going to include massive spoilers because I figure that you’re here to hate-read this book (in comparison to the seemingly endless positive reviews she’s received from ‘official’ sources). If I loved the book, I hope the reviews can show me even more nuance for me to love – and if I don’t like the book, I hate-read reviews. ![]() I personally only read reviews after I’ve finished a book, in case there are spoilers. ![]()
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