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The Ruins by Scott B Smith
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The Ruins (edition 2007)

by Scott B Smith

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Two American couples, just out of college, enjoy a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in Mexico. 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. Then the searchers--moving into the wild interior--begin to suspect that there is an insidious, horrific "other" among them...--From publisher description.… (more)
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Title:The Ruins
Authors:Scott B Smith
Info:Corgi Adult (2007), Paperback, 432 pages
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I didn't finish it. I watched the movie & it was just as disappointing as what I imagine the book would've been. ( )
  thatnerd | Mar 2, 2024 |
The first half of the book was reading about a group of people who are all just unlikeable. Then you move on to them doing something very stupid. And then the decision making continues to get worse until …. Well I guess that’s a spoiler.

I didn’t care about the characters or what was happening to them. For similar but better quality horror, read The Troop by Tim Cutter ( )
  HauntedTaco13 | Dec 29, 2023 |
This was good, but so, so, so, so, so gross. ( )
  Danielle.Desrochers | Oct 10, 2023 |
Had some moments. Mostly a skim fest. ( )
  Mcdede | Jul 19, 2023 |
Very, very scary. This book stayed with me for a while. Warning, don't take it on a trip to a South or Central American country. ( )
  MauraWroblewski | Jun 24, 2023 |
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Smith writes with psychological acuity and real beauty, yet he doesn't pull punches.
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Two American couples, just out of college, enjoy a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in Mexico. 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. Then the searchers--moving into the wild interior--begin to suspect that there is an insidious, horrific "other" among them...--From publisher description.

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While partying on holiday in Cancun two young American couples befriend a German tourist named Mathias, and three friendly Greeks. Mathias had been traveling with his brother, Heinrich, who's disappeared off to the Mayan ruins with a woman working on an archaeological dig. Mathias is worried for his brother and, using a hand-drawn map Heinrich had left behind, sets off in pursuit. The Americans and one of the Greeks join him in his adventure to the interior.

After an exhausting journey, the six reach a Mayan village. But there they receive a frightening reception and turn around, despairing of ever finding Heinrich and the ruins. Following a camouflaged trail out of the village, the group come to a hillside covered in bright red flowers. As they pause at the base of this hill, transfixed by the beauty of the vision, a horseman approaches behind them. It's one of the Mayans; he's got a gun and, in his own language, orders them away from the hill. In the midst of the confrontation, one of the group steps backward, into the flowering vine. The Mayan falls silent then orders all six up the hill. As they follow the trail across the hilltop and down the slope they see yet another group of Mayans waiting for them, weapons out — and a mound, covered with the flowering vine. They examine it and find Heinrich's corpse, shot full of arrows. They are mystified. And the Mayans won't let them leave.

Trapped, the group try to figure out a way to survive until someone comes to find them, imagining they've been made irrational by thirst and hunger. But as they move through their first twenty-four hours, another, a far more terrifying foe reveals itself.

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