Reviews - Ascension | The StoryGraph

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I must admit, I thought about giving it four stars, but in the end I realized how entertained I was by the whole thing, how much it captured my attention. It took a bit to get going, but once they got to the mountain I found that I sat down to read and when I stopped I had gone 200+ pages in one sitting because I was just so curious and wanting to keep going. So stick with it, if the opening doesn’t grab you. The end also kinda had a sketchy landing, and there were some things that I thought seemed a bit rushed in the tie-up, but overall this was a good mystery thriller with sci-fi elements. Reminds me of mixing Jeff VanderMeer’s “Annihilation” and Lost. I saw someone already picked up the film option, and it read very much like a good movie already. I think with the right director, some good visuals / cinematography for the alien stuff, and even just one big-name actor to bring in the buzz, this could work really well as a movie. Will be curious to see what Binge writes next.

pwagman's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

thisguise's review against another edition

2.0

Frustrating.

Started with a contrived narrative device, and dumb caricatures of an expedition team that could have manned the Prometheus.

What happened with Santi, subsequent guilt, self-loathing, and the connection made with Harriet went some way to rationalise the letter writing (albeit very late).

Pulling the 'but was it all his own narrative?' card felt like a cheap way to explain/question the OTT events and corny writing.

petedf's review against another edition

3.0

A gripping story. The difficulty though with the ‘epic journeys against near impossible odds’ genre, is that compared to the journey, the ending is usually a bit disappointing.