Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Ararat by Christopher Golden

5 reviews

trippyotter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I'd love to see this as a movie or mini series...

Golden navigated the twists and turns of various religious beliefs with perfection. 

But I will say, if you're even remotely a traditionalist when it comes to biblical tales or anti-occult/demonology, this is not the book for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Violence

little_book_witch's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Great premise, poor execution :( 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide attempt, Violence, Toxic relationship, Gore, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Body horror, Medical trauma, and Infidelity

stephanieluxton's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Cancer, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Misogyny

terry9375's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Group of archeologists, film makers, and religious scholars get the chance to be the first people to explore Noah’s Ark. what they find is… unholy. Plot is great but is a leaves you wanting a bit more. Characters are ultimately unlikeable. First half of the book is slow, takes a bit to get into to. The last leg before the climax is good. The climax and falling action are great. Fast, gory. 

Overall plot was good. Finding a boat like structure in a mountain, discovering a mummified corpse,  releasing a demon. Felt very The Thing, The Exorcist, The Cave all mixed into one. Enjoyed that it didn’t have a closed ending, left it open

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

slantrhymes's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Major pacing issues. The twist in the epilogue was appallingly cheap and made no narrative sense. It took a relatively sympathetic character and made them a monster for no reason (except, maybe, the author wanted to force a sequel...I guess?). The final act of the novel gets REALLY gory really fast; I don't have an issue with gore in books typically, but it felt so gratuitous that it looped back around to silly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship