caitsidhe 's review for:

The Ruins by Scott Smith

4.25

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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You CAN have good prose and characterisation in your pulpy thriller! It can be done!

This book feels fast-paced despite its length and is wonderfully bleak and brutal. Well worth it for horror fans with strong stomachs.