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Title: Absurdity Trumps Horror
Review: The biggest mystery about The Ruins is why Stephen King waxed on about it being a great summer beach read. There is little mystery here and the absurd premise spawns incredulity rather than horror.Wow! Plants that can imitate cell phones, people's voices, all while plotting the demise of anyone who wanders on to their killing hill.The Mayans, living nearby, have solved the problme of the plants invading further territory by salting the ground around the hill. So, a plant endowed with supernatural powers is defeated by a ring of Morton's.The faceless Mayans remain ushers in the this theatre of the absurd, making sure that no one leaves the hill where the plants mimic, invade and eventually conquer the hapless characters in this long awaited, but vastly disappointing second novel.
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