Itemize Of Books The Ruins
| Title | : | The Ruins |
| Author | : | Scott B. Smith |
| Book Format | : | hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 319 pages |
| Published | : | July 18th 2006 by Knopf (first published 2006) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Mystery. Suspense |
Scott B. Smith
hardcover | Pages: 319 pages Rating: 3.56 | 30261 Users | 3498 Reviews
Interpretation During Books The Ruins
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. When the brother of one of those friends disappears, they decide to venture into the jungle to look for him. 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.Details Books Conducive To The Ruins
| Original Title: | The Ruins |
| ISBN: | 1400043875 (ISBN13: 9781400043873) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Jeff, Eric Ross, Alyec Ilychovich, Pablo Soler, Stacy, Mathias |
| Setting: | Cancún(Mexico) Mexico |
Rating Of Books The Ruins
Ratings: 3.56 From 30261 Users | 3498 ReviewsJudgment Of Books The Ruins
Catch-up Review 4 of 4:This book has been on Mt. Vine Covered Hill TBR for 9 years, 10 months, 1 week, and 5 days as of today. I added it on October 16, 2009. Obama was still in his first year. There were still only four Song of Ice and Fire books out, and the fifth was nearly 2 years away. There were only TWO MCU movies in existence. TWO. There are 23 out now. THAT is how long this book sat on my shelf. I don't know why any of that matters, but when I saw how close it was to being a full damnScott Smiths wrote one of my favorite crime novels with A Simple Plan that released in 1993. Thirteen years later came his second book, The Ruins which instantly became one of my favorite horror novels. Ive got my fingers crossed that sometime later this decade hell write another one and maybe itll turn out to be the greatest sci-fi epic Ive ever read. The concept here is dirt simple. Idiots go somewhere they shouldnt and bad shit happens. In this particular case four American college students,
3.5 ⭐This book started out in an odd way and with what felt like, to me was a rocky tone. It just starts telling you random bits of things, spitting them at you and in random order. Maybe we were supposed to feel like (stereotypical) disorganized and ignorant college kids that had gotten drunk on the beach the night before ? Maybe. If so, that was effective. I kept telling myself, okay, it will settle eventually into an individuals point of view; or become at least somewhat more coherent and
It'd been a while since I read a book that horrified, sickened, and amazed me in equal measure; The Ruins did all those things with ease. I was shocked at just how much I loved this novel. I did not expect it to totally blow me away. The characters are mostly unlikable and infuriating, and I must admit I had trouble reading about them at first, but that's the point being trapped in the jungle and fighting for one's life brings out the very worst in a person.This is a brutal, agonizing read.
***Please indulge me while I float this older review for a horror novel that remains near and dear to my heart. If you are looking for some genuine thrills and chills this Halloween season, this may be the book for you. Happy All Hallow's Read! I just don't get the storm of criticism aimed at Scott Smith's second novel, The Ruins. Why do people love to hate this book? I found the story to be brutally convincing and the characters believable (if not always very likable). These are college-age
Hold my hand...cover my eyes..don't leave me...support buddy-read- Some books are tooooooo scaaaaaary to read alone.
Scott Smith's The Ruins is one of the best horror novels I've read in some time. It would be really easy for me to rip into it. The premise is, frankly, ridiculous, and its plot is nothing but doom and gloom. So why did I love it so much? Simply because it was completely convincing, engrossing, and terrifying. I don't think I have ever found myself squirming as much while reading as I was for this book's last 20 pages or so.I think The Ruins works as well as it does because of Smith's writing
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