The Ruins (Abridged) Audiobook

" I loved this book! I expected a kind of standard gruesome horror story but this was different. It was a very well done psychological thriller. It completely sucked me in to the very end. "

" I was really enjoying this one until the ending. I just found it to be really anticlimactic. "

" This is just a great, great, scary book. No chapters, just a non-stop assault of creepiness. "

" Ugh... horror is not my genre... creepy and then it gets creepier. "

" Nothing wrong with the prose or the premise. The problem is length. This could have been a stunning novella, but at 500+ pages, its B-movie scenario of bland college students menaced by living plants at some remote Maya ruins in Mexico wears itself thin. Check out the novellas in Tim Lebbon's collection FEARS UNNAMED (especially 'White') for an example of what this could have been with some focus and heavy editing. "

" I found this book on a table at work and started reading it. It was mind candy, but I enjoyed it. "

" TERROR-INDUCING. I really don't understand why people hate this book, it was great! I will always be terrified of vines from now on. "

" Loved this book. Kept me interested and could barely set it down. The movie did it absolutely no justice. "

" Completely weird, strange, twisted, and mind-numbingly bad. Don't waste your time. "

" Fun beach read. Nothing I'm running to recommend. "

" An interesting, quick read. Engrossing without being too gross. "

" This book got me reading again. "

" This was a very entertaining book. The plot was not very believable, but a lot of fun. "

" Quick read, not too deep. "

" it was really good...but EXTREMELY graphic. I almost threw up, and i almost started crying. it's a really really good book though. "

" Scary, nasty book. Horrible movie. "

" DO NOT see the movie before you read this book. Actually, just never see the movie b/c it is horrible. The book is really good and is different.Creepy and intense. "

" Don't read if you don't like jungles. The first book in a long time that's legitimately creeped me outI felt physically ill when I finished this book. It's disturbing "

" Good concept, and genuinely scary in parts, but the writing is unpolished and occasionally gets in the way of the story. "

" There is something i really like about books that combine horror elements and psychological disintegration. Scott Smith manages to blend these two elements perfectly, in a tale that combines historical elements, bloody horror, and mental breakdown. Loved it - 5 Stars. "

" It was average. Nothing to get excited about. The characters were not that interesting and I wasn't really interested in what happened to them. I thought the whole thing had potential, but it fell far short of what it could have been. Too many unanswered questions also left me annoyed. "

" one word . . . .gory! "

" Audio Book. Excruciating slow. The same events are told over and over from each character's point of view. It is just a bad horror film. Just out of college kids go to cancun on vacation and take a trip into the jungle where some Mayans hold them host "

" because i loved a simple plan, i had this book long on my radar and couldn't wait to read it. though i wouldn't necessarily call it a real disappointment, it clearly was not on the same level as asp. but it held my interest enough to see it to its conclusion and i'm still glad i read it. "

" Great book. What happened to Scott Smith???? "

" this is one of those books that when you finish it you think to yourself "thank god". as in "thank god it's over. that's a week of reading i will never get back." if it were possible to give negative stars, i would. "

" Terrifying, I couldn't sleep for a week once I had finished - skip the movie, try the book. "