Leigh BardugoFiction · Fantasy·b. 1975
Hell Bent
Synopsis
Alex Stern has made it through her first year at Yale, but at a cost: her mentor, Daniel Darlington, is trapped in a hell dimension, and every rule of Lethe House says rescuing him is impossible. Alex has never been good at following rules.
Assembling an unlikely crew, she goes looking for a way to break into hell and bring Darlington back — even as a series of murders among Yale's faculty points to something monstrous moving through New Haven. As the two mysteries converge, Alex has to navigate demons both literal and institutional.
The second book in Leigh Bardugo's Alex Stern series deepens its dark-academia world with a heist-like descent into the underworld. Content note: it depicts violence and sexual assault.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (1)
Violence
- 1.5/5 (1,64/10) (Trying a new way for my reviews with Spanish and English translation). Me niego a analizar profundamente esta bazofia. ¿De verdad era necesario mencionar su miembro a la hora de describir su nueva apariencia: “y la polla tiesa y refulgente”? “Encuentra x, Stern” “Lo estamos intentando, de verdad”. Lo encuentran justamente al siguiente capítulo. ¿Qué cojones? Los diálogos se vuelven peores: en serio, ¿por qué esto está considerado como “adulto”? Es puro YA. Y la trama es pobre: rescatar a un amigo del infierno. Ya está. Esa es la trama. Es aburrido, y ningún personaje es divertido, ni carismático ni se le coge cariño. Ni siquiera a Darlington, que era el okey en el primero. Y por último… Tanto el primero como el segundo libro están catalogados como “terror”. ¿Qué? Terror de qué. No hay terror. No hay nada que de miedo. Estos dos libros solo te hacen llorar de lo malo que son. El ambiente cambia totalmente, y no a mejor. Pero bueno, hasta aquí mis aventuras con Leigh Bardugo. Estoy contenta porque ya no tengo la obligación de leer sus libros porque ya no tengo más, ni tendré. -ENGLISH TRANSLATION- I refuse to delve deeply into this garbage. Was it really necessary to mention his member when describing his new appearance: “and his cock stiff and shiny”? “Find x, Stern.” “We're really trying.” They find it right in the next chapter. What the f•••? The dialogue gets worse: seriously, why is this considered “adult”? It's pure YA. And the plot is weak: rescue a friend from hell. That's it. That's the plot. It's boring, and no characters are funny, charismatic, or endearing. Not even Darlington, which was the okey one in the first one. And finally… Both the first and second books are categorized as “horror.” What? Horror of what? There's no horror. There's nothing scary. These two books just make you cry because they're so bad. The atmosphere changes completely, and not for the better. But anyway, that's it for my adventures with Leigh Bardugo. I'm happy because I no longer have the obligation to read her books because I no longer have more, nor will I.
- Enjoyed it more than the first. Did we really need to know about the glowing demon dick though Leigh?