Monday, November 26, 2018

Ararat

Book source ~ NetGalley
18 April 2017
Horror 
320 Pages


My Rating ~ 4 bites and a nibble

An earthquake and a landslide reveal a hidden treasure. Or is it? Many think the long-buried ship up on Mount Ararat in Turkey is Noah’s ark. Some aren’t sure what to believe, but all of the workers laboring on the dig agree that something menacing is inside this incredible artifact and they’re sure it’s tied to the coffin and the deformed corpse inside.


Told from many POVs, this story is a chilling tale of regretting what you wish for. Buried for thousands of years is truly not long enough for what these people find inside the ark. Add a blizzard to their woes and now you have a situation not unlike John Carpenter’s The Thing. Which gave me nightmares. Thanks, mom, for talking me to the theater to see that when I was 14.

The story is compelling and the writing pulls you right along with the characters as they deal with this awesome and terrible discovery. Some things are better left buried. Forever.

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