Published: 18, July 2006
Author: Scott Smith
Genres: Action, Adventure, American Literature, Fiction, Horror, Literature, Men's, Mystery, Short Stories, Survival, Suspense, Thrillers
Check the summary of this book here:
The Review:
The plot is set in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. It is a survival horror in which people go to any length to conquer their environment and live.
I'll be really honest with the readers about this book since it isn't for everyone, and the reason is that it feels like a short tale was stretched into a whole novel. However, this is not the case, and the author intentionally wrote in this manner to prolong and lengthen the reader's dread and claustrophobic sensation.
The characters to me were kind of realistic and felt like stupid people who made wrong decisions after wrong decisions and that is what makes it even harder to read, especially if you know someone who is actually like any of these characters in real life. You don’t want to be with anyone who is like that and reading about that makes it uncomfortable to read knowing something bad is about to happen and that is why some readers don’t like such a suffocating style but for others that is what a master class horror book has to offer.
If you read a hundred pages and felt bad then understand one thing and that is, the next two hundred pages are going to feel even worse or at least the same so why not continue because that is what this book is all about, an experiment in horror storytelling that has its own style of horror and the enemy is actually the nature but ancient nature that the modern world has not seen for centuries.
I wanted to give more points and recommendations, but I know many people won't like that, and if someone who is claustrophobic or not into this type of survival horror, reads this book on my advice, he or she may believe I'm not rating honestly.
Synopsis:
“Trapped in the Mexican jungle, a group of friends stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything they could ever imagine.Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation–sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists. When the brother of one of those friends disappears, they decide to venture into the jungle to look for him. What started out as a fun day-trip slowly spirals into a nightmare when they find an ancient ruins site . . . and the terrifying presence that lurks there.”
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Rating: 85/100
Recommended: 90/100 Yes.
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