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#66 - The Ruins by Scott Smith (I Am So Going Out Of Order)

Oct 25, 2011 12:04

OMG, omg omg. Yes, I know, I haven't reviewed the other fifty books on my list. BUT OMG. I can't just leave this review by the wayside and expect to be able to go back and review with the same amount of happy terror.

Yes, I said it, HAPPY. TERROR. ♥ Yes, yes, I'll start reviewing the other books. FINE.

( OMG, RUN YOU BITCHES )

─100 Books in a Year meme, ─meme

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ahria October 26 2011, 03:25:12 UTC

Did the book reveal the monster to be something other then hungry plant? That's all I remember it being in the movie.

ofthisangel October 26 2011, 04:02:23 UTC

They kind of hinted that it wasn't just a plant, but what really made me happy was they didn't reveal much else. There's a part where Jeff starts pulling back some of the vines and Amy (who is a lot different in the book) sees yellow rocks that remind her of teeth, but she refuses to think that so they're rocks. And then later Jeff kind of muses on the fact that it might not be a plant at all, just made to look like one.

ahria October 26 2011, 05:27:39 UTC

LOL, that annoys me! I don't like mystery dang it, I like ALL THE ANSWERS. XD

ofthisangel October 26 2011, 14:28:11 UTC

LOL! I honestly can't think of a way they'd ever find out all the answers without completely killing the book. I mean, the Mayans didn't speak a lick of Spanish (and it's not like they'd let anyone close enough to talk anyway) so they'd never be able to say anything and the main characters wouldn't know either. And the vines eat away at everything organic so nothing on paper would be left behind...

And honestly, I think the vines are more terrifying when you just don't KNOW. I mean, how on earth do you explain away laughing vines? (That's where Stephen King screws up imo, btw. He tries to explain things when they were more frightening otherwise.)

ahria October 27 2011, 06:19:52 UTC

I suppose you have a point... lol

Yeah, I've never liked SK. I think he over describes *everything* and I'm like, yes I get it, shut up, let's move on.

ofthisangel November 1 2011, 21:29:17 UTC

LOL yeah, besides, it kept things mysterious by never revealing much besides the fact that everyone was, you know, screwed. You can't get comfortable with something if you have no idea how it ticks/how to predict what it'll do next. :D

Seriously, I was reading The Cell and I got so lost because he insisted on describing EVERYTHING. And he was obsessed with some guy's ass because he kept describing it flexing. Constantly.

Kudos to the people who like it, but god, I don't.

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