The Ruins
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (941 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000JMKNOW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 302 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Ruins." according to Lisa. This is horror at its finest. It's hard to believe all the negative reviews this book gets. I have 7 to 10 books that I always keep extra copies of, so when I meet a horror fan who hasn't read one of my favorites, all I have to do is grab an extra from my bookshelves and say, here, give this one a shot. I've given away 2 copies of this book in the 10 years that it's been out, and so far everyone has loved it.. "Well written but" according to R. Storch. I am not a fan of horror stories. But I wanted to try The Ruins. The characters find themselves in a horrible mess that they brought upon themselves because they refused to heed a warning from a local driver. In their youthful denial of possible dangers they forged ahead into an area of Yucatan after a long ride which, in itself, should have deterred them from going further. My problem with Smith's book is th. An entertaining and original angle on horror A group of 6 young adults decides to venture off into the Mexican jungle in search of the lost brother of one of them. In spite of many obstacles, both physical or human, they manage to make it to the supposed site of disappearance, the Ruins.Although they started off their trip as a lazy, halfhearted, mindless "tourist excursion", it becomes quickly clear that fun has turned to nightmare without any easy way
What started out as a fun day-trip slowly spirals into a nightmare when they find an ancient ruins site and the terrifying presence that lurks there.. When the brother of one of those friends disappears, they decide to venture into the jungle to look for him. Trapped in the Mexican jungle, a group of friends stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything they could ever imagine.Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation–sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists
It's the trappings of horror and suspense that will make the book a best seller, but its claim to literature lies in its unflinching naturalism. Is it as successful and fulfilling as a novel? The answer is not quite, but I can live with that, because it's riskier. I felt that The Ruins did draw on a trifle, but I found Scott Smith's refusal to look away heroic, just as I did in A Simple Plan. In 1993, Scott Smith wowed readers with A Simple Plan, his stunning debut thriller about what