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The Ruins by Scott Smith
2.0

The Ruins is not badly written by any means, but I just didn't click with it. It seemed to plod on and on for long stretches, which became difficult to read since I never fell in love with the characters either.

As for the horror, it's well-written but not my style. It's mainly body horror -- chopping off limbs, things crawling under the skin, etc. -- and I've never found that type of horror scary. Others may feel differently, though.