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A review by kaiyakaiyo
Ascension by Nicholas Binge
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I’m never reading a book with a mountain on the cover again. EVER
this is the second time a mountain mystery sci fi premise has led me instead to the most boring drag of a read. so much climbing detail and internal to an unbearable degree.
worst Halloween read yet methinks. the world building was cool I guess, woulda been cooler if it didn’t come 70% through the book…
I wanted more on Neil, more on the caves, more on Naoko than being an Asian Pixie Dream Doctor there only to absorb and reflect the white main chars suffering… don’t even get me started on the adopted refugee child that lived only to be a traumatic experience for a white man. booooo tomatoes
this is the second time a mountain mystery sci fi premise has led me instead to the most boring drag of a read. so much climbing detail and internal to an unbearable degree.
worst Halloween read yet methinks. the world building was cool I guess, woulda been cooler if it didn’t come 70% through the book…
I wanted more on Neil, more on the caves, more on Naoko than being an Asian Pixie Dream Doctor there only to absorb and reflect the white main chars suffering… don’t even get me started on the adopted refugee child that lived only to be a traumatic experience for a white man. booooo tomatoes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Violence