Reviews with content warning for Cannibalism - The Ruins

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lexi_defran's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

He does not write women well. He did not write the Mayans respectfully. But he did write scary stuff and that was well done

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aoodiobooks's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Abridged Audiobook
Almost dropped it at the beginning but one of my favorite YouTuber Anda Kent recommended the book, so I pushed through. Glad I did! It wasn't as gory as American Psycho or Gone to See The River Man, but still shocking and graphic enough, so tread with caution. The abridged version was nice, it was short, gory and creepy. A fun read. If you're into extreme horror I think it's best dive in unprepared (The narrator caught a cold around 80% through, and recovered around 90% mark. Just a heads up!)

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telurin's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

With all that happened in the book I find it odd that the few mentions of shit are what people have been mentioning as too much. That's your line?

Four self absorbed, idiotic white people go to try and find their German friends brother and encounter a

Shambling Mound

. They don't have a lick of self preservation among them.

I was not sad at their deaths. I was sad for Mathias, but at least his was quick.

As others have said, there are no ruins.

You can tell the author is a man. The women are useless and even in the horrific situation they find themselves in, there is excessive lingering on their bodies.

Also one of the women gets her BF off to...make herself feel better?

Would have been better as a movie, and it wouldn't be a good movie.

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