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The Ruins

By Scott Smith

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| Hardcover | 9781400043873

Book Description

Eerie, terrifying, unputdownable—Scott Smith’s first novel since his best-selling A Simple Plan (“Simply the best suspense novel of this year—hell, of the 1990s”—Stephen King). The Ruins follows two American couples, just out of college, enjoying Continue

Eerie, terrifying, unputdownable—Scott Smith’s first novel since his best-selling A Simple Plan (“Simply the best suspense novel of this year—hell, of the 1990s”—Stephen King). The Ruins follows two American couples, just out of college, enjoying a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in Mexico as, on an impulse, they go off with newfound friends in search of one of their group—the young German, who, in pursuit of a girl, has headed for the remote Mayan ruins, site of a fabled archeological dig.

This is what happens from the moment the searchers—moving into the wild interior—begin to suspect that there is an insidious, horrific “other” among them . . .

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    Stephen King gave this book a great review and since I love Stephen Kings books I was very intrigued. I wasn't disappointed. A very good horror novel. Kept me engrossed. I read it in just over 24 hours.

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    ― Stubob72556 said on Jan 19, 2008 | 1 feedback

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    Suprisingly creepy story, I thought the premise would be to odd to pull off but Smith created a very suspensful page turner.

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    ― Icedream said on Sep 7, 2007 | Add your feedback

  • When a group of friends takes a trip to Mexico, they decide they need a little more excitement, so they venture to a spot where some Mayan ruins are said to be located. When they get there, what they find in the jungle is not what they expected.

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    ― Lucca Ita said on May 19, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • Ehhh

    I found the characters uninteresting, the human elements of the plot unbelievable, and the whole thing a waste of time. Yet it seems to have gotten good reviews.

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    ― kensington said on Apr 23, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • As we followed the group throughout the story, I stared to care less and less for them. The book seemed to drag on and on. I was excited at first and really got into the story. The middle lost me somewhere. At the end I was listening to hear what happened, only to be disappointed in the end. The boo ... (continue)

    As we followed the group throughout the story, I stared to care less and less for them. The book seemed to drag on and on. I was excited at first and really got into the story. The middle lost me somewhere. At the end I was listening to hear what happened, only to be disappointed in the end. The book had such possibility, but just fell short. All in all, an okay book, but I wouldn't bother reading it unless you have some time to kill.

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    ― cjspock said on Oct 9, 2007 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback

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