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A review by thefinalgirl
Ararat by Christopher Golden
2.0
This book was a dumpster fire to be quite honest.
It had so much potential at the beginning and really had me hooked for a while. However, after I got a little over halfway through, I realized I was still waiting to actually like these characters and their story. And as I am wondering when that happens… the stupidest things start happening that just COMPLETELY turned me off from this book. it was like pulling teeth to finish this book for me.
No offense, but as an archaeologist I can definitely tell he knows nothing about archaeology. Which, okay fine!! I know not everyone goes to school to be an archaeologist, or a paleopathologist, or any other su field of anthropology… however google is too free to embarrass yourself like this. Would it have killed Golden to do a little more research other than Indian Jones?
Those are the main reasons this book is 2 stars for me. I can understand not everyone being all-knowing when writing a thrilling novel… but it’s very easy to figure out the job of an archaeologist :) I read this book bc I am a big fan of Horror movies and books and this book sounded like such a great premise that I almost wish it was a movie… Now I wish it stayed in the google doc lol
It had so much potential at the beginning and really had me hooked for a while. However, after I got a little over halfway through, I realized I was still waiting to actually like these characters and their story. And as I am wondering when that happens… the stupidest things start happening that just COMPLETELY turned me off from this book. it was like pulling teeth to finish this book for me.
No offense, but as an archaeologist I can definitely tell he knows nothing about archaeology. Which, okay fine!! I know not everyone goes to school to be an archaeologist, or a paleopathologist, or any other su field of anthropology… however google is too free to embarrass yourself like this. Would it have killed Golden to do a little more research other than Indian Jones?
Those are the main reasons this book is 2 stars for me. I can understand not everyone being all-knowing when writing a thrilling novel… but it’s very easy to figure out the job of an archaeologist :) I read this book bc I am a big fan of Horror movies and books and this book sounded like such a great premise that I almost wish it was a movie… Now I wish it stayed in the google doc lol