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The Ruins by Scott Smith
3.5

this was fine! the gore and body horror was really fun and gross and i love the vines. none of the characters had much depth though, like they were very much defined by a singular personality trait- boy scout jeff, slutty stacy, etc, which made it less engaging and i didnt really care what happened to them
i was surprised by the deaths though! ive seen the movie so i didnt know how different the book was and i think its very interesting how the movie ends like how they talked about in the book, but then amy is actually the first to die here.. i was so surprised lol 
i liked the ending being pretty bleak tbh because i couldnt imagine any other type of ending working? but i wish the last chapter wasnt included, i think ir wouldve hit harder if no one ever came for them