Ad copy lie: the characters in the book hike to the site of a "fabled archeological dig" in Mayan territory. The dig consists of a mineshaft at the top of a hill. Don't expect any cool Mayan ruins.So why the title? The characters themselves are the "ruins." They are what our society is left with at ...
A blurb on the cover from Stephen King calls this "the best horror novel of the new century." It is a very well-written story in a line-by-line sense--literate, with a skillfully done omniscient point of view--yet ultimately couldn't hold me. The reason was the characters. In terms of them feeling...
Apparently there is no book that can satisfy me right now. I had high hopes for this one (mainly cause Stephen King said it was good), and I even bought it in hardcover (with a coupon) for lack of anything else to read. First off, there aren’t actually any ruins to be seen. Or read. Whatever. I am...
hah! look at all those 1* ratings, nonetheless here I go... full tilt.Just when I realised that this reads as an old text adventure where actions must be done in the right order and a whole lot of there is a shovel with telescopic handle leaning against the shaft wall: GET SHOVEL, along came a full...
Sometimes you just need a fat paperback that reads at a breakneck pace. I liked how Smith approached the book, the young, vacationing college students, the temporary friendships they formed and the spur-of-the-moment decision to take a trip to a remote locale -- there's no new revelations to be had ...
Silly tourists, always traipsing into jungles, unprepared and under-dressed, ignoring the locals' warnings to turn back. Unlucky for these tourists, what lives in this jungle is not a family of cannibals or a crazed surgeon after their organs.Here's the lowdown:While vacationing in Mexico, four Amer...
With a concept and "villain" that could easily turn the book into just silly camp, it's the sheer audacity and confidence of the writing and character development that elevates this story above expectations! One of the novel's most ingenious achievements is trapping the characters in an environment ...
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