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Ascension by Nicholas Binge

2 reviews

torismazarine's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Suicide, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Dementia, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Self harm, Ableism, Murder, and Death

Minor: War

There's a lot of talk about religion and faith, the characters argue a lot about it (I'm paraphrasing here, but at some point a charachter says religious people are stupid, others have very strong faith, and for some of them it's fluctuating throughout).

There's also monsters and aliens, that are described extensively. At different points in the story people drown, get frostbite and altitude sickness, which are ways to die not in the content warnings, although reading a book about climbing a mountain the latter two could be guessed.

utopiastateofmind's review against another edition

4.0

(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.) 

The premise of Ascension is intriguing - a mysterious mountain that appears out of nowhere? But Binge delivers a story that only builds. It feels like we're going on this psychological journey with Harold. As we not only start to uncover the secrets behind this mountain, but also behind Harold. All those memories and inner confessions we hide from the depths of ourselves. With a frame narrative it evokes the atmosphere of the Gothic, of surviving the trauma and being irrevocably changed.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Suicide