Book: The Ascent

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Author: Ronald Malfi

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Thank you NetGalley and Tantor Audio for an advanced audio copy.

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The Ascent follows Tim. Tim survived a climbing accident with the help of his dead wife. Tim becomes an alcoholic spiraling out of control until an old friend of his wife invites him on an expedition. The expedition is to climb the unexplored Canyon of Souls in the Himalayas.n

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I’m not a climber but have always enjoyed movies that focus on rough terrain and climbing. This book never seemed to capture any of that for me. This was a boring plot with uninteresting characters. Tim lost his wife and is a character you should feel some emotions towards but I found myself just not caring.n

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The whole group of characters that are on the expedition were all like this for me. I did not find one character interesting.n

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This is my first book by the author and I would love to try another book by the author. Unfortunately, I can not recommend the Ascent.n

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Final Score 2/5