I didn't realise what a struggle this was until I started my next book! It was such a relief. I'm not sure whether it was because of the translation, or the way it was written, but I found The Ninth Grave very hard to read. In addition, the graphic descriptions of violence of every type made me have to skim read whole sections - and it still seemed too long! It was far too long. Why did I give it two stars? Because deep in there, there was an interesting plot.