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Title: what a pointless, unenjoyable, waste of time
Review: I took a chance based on Stephen King's review (professional courtesy? lost poker bet?) It started out with potential in the first chapter or two and it soon takes a nosedive. You learn all you'll ever learn about the characters and the "horror" they face (which is not scary) within the first couple chapters. The characters stagnate and are so stupid (taking tequila and no water for a trek in the rainforest) and annyoing (obsessing over whether the hotel maid has stolen my watch while facing a killer vine) I was rooting for the vine. The scenarios I started to come up with out of boredom (they kill the vine with the tequila) were more entertaining than waiting for something to happen only to find out that nothing does.
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