Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Ararat by Christopher Golden

6 reviews

judassilver's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Gore, Violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Terminal illness, Cancer, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Vomit, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Antisemitism, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

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

ripxw's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, and Cancer

seanml's review

adventurous mysterious fast-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

3.5

Noah, what happened. Come on man. 7/10.

Cons: A very quick-paced book, where we don’t get many quiet moments to explore many of the characters except for a handful. Once the threat is “revealed”, the tension stagnates. Although there’s still a will-they-won’t-they-make-it plot, there’s little guessing as to what’s going to happen. 

Pros: Archaeological horror! It’s the best subgenre and I always appreciate more of it! A great roster of characters that come from varying backgrounds and places, and the tensions and relationships between them are very much real to the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

slantrhymes's review

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