false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1216844133m/3853221.jpg 21726 21 2453000 book 18 7 2006 The Ruins total:4118|5:562|4:1175|3:1232|2:697|1:452| 4118 13052 5139 1176 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 1 18 true Sat Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 08 16:51:02 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 30 10:39:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 5 10 false Thu Aug 30 12:31:05 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 07:54:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 2 10 false Fri May 09 14:16:45 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 14:16:57 -0700 2008
Reading The Ruins as a writer, got through the first 75 pages and asked myself how this writer managed to get me to follow these people into the jungle when I ...more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 3 7 true Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 17:19:06 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 19:58:54 -0800 2008
I'm really torn about what to give this one. I picked it up because I'd seen a trailer for the movie version and thought it seemed terrif...more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 1 7 false Tue Jul 24 09:21:51 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 01:47:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1150339 030727828X 9780307278289 267 85 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191117412m/1150339.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1150339.The_Ruins 5 7 false Fri Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 07:58:21 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 09:36:52 -0700 2008 The Ruins is one of the best horror novels I've read in some time. It would be really easy for me to rip into it. The premise is, frankly, ridiculous, and its plot is nothing but doom and gloom. So why did I love it so much? Simply because it was completely convincing, engrossing, and ...more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 1 6 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Aug 12 10:53:18 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 04:50:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 2 5 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 01:28:47 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 02:53:18 -0700 2007
The Ruins is a story of conflict between Man and Nature. In this case Man is represented by 5 sheltered and somewhat ditzy college kids, while Nature is championed by a malevolent, mile-wide, super-intelligent, highly mobile, acid-blooded plant. The Plant might also h...more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 3 5 false Wed Jul 16 23:18:59 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 23:45:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 1 3 false Thu Apr 17 20:03:36 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 20:49:34 -0700 2008
I have nothing good at all to say about this book, one of the worst stinkeroos I've ever had the misfortune to stumble across. I can't believe it was ever even published. It's junk like this that make me feel that no matte...more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 1 4 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 12:51:16 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 12:58:49 -0700 2008
My chief complaints with this book are as follow...more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 1 3 true Thu Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 08:34:37 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 12:34:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 4 3 false Thu Oct 18 19:37:58 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 19:37:58 -0700 2007 I consider myself a fiend for horror stories, but this has to be the most challenging horror story I've ever walked myself through.

The four Americans are pretty stereotypical characters, and they are all very unlikable, but I think this works well for the story. T...more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 5 3 false Sat Jul 28 14:11:58 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 02:36:48 -0800 2009
Four young Americans about to enter graduate school or begin new jobs back home are relaxing in Cancun, Mexico, soaking up too much...more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 4 2 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jan 15 15:11:04 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 20:23:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 3 2 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 02 11:08:33 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 06 23:27:42 -0800 2008
Scott Smith has written a most unusual book ...more...]]> 1150339 030727828X 9780307278289 267 85 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191117412m/1150339.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1150339.The_Ruins 2 2 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 29 15:54:43 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 06:51:16 -0700 2007 did get better, for about the last 50 pages where everything just goes crazy and finally we get some consistent action.

The characters (a group of fai...more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 4 2 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 13:30:41 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 19:05:07 -0700 2007 The Ruins also attracted me because it's set in the jungle of the southern Yucatan, not far from the Coba ruins. ...more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 3 2 false Tue Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 05 19:21:30 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 08 16:39:36 -0700 2008
These tourists aren't particularly brave, which makes this horror novel int...more...]]> 21726 1400043875 9781400043873 3643 1010 3.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167323239m/21726.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21726.The_Ruins 1 2 true Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Dec 15 08:57:51 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 09 12:20:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3853221