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Title: So bad I left it on the airplane. I never leave books behind.
Review: I picked up this book at the airport because of the great quote by Stephen King. I was a bit worried to discover that Scott Smith also wrote "A Simple Plan," a book that I would call "dreary and depressing" except that doesn't quite cover how grim it really was.Well, guess what. "The Ruins" is another trip to the unmagical land of drear and depression. I don't want to give any spoilers, but it is very similar to the current rage of "horror porn" movies where young and gorgeous men and women fall into a bad situation and are tortured to death.There is no redemption here, no light, no sense of wonder. There is nothing but death.My travelling companions secretly purchased another copy of "The Ruins" after hearing me complain about how bad it was and how I'd left it on the plane. They slipped ahead of me on the return flight and put it in the pocket of my seat. When I sat down, there was "The Ruins."Now that's a good joke.
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