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Title: Relentless and Unflagging
Review: If you're looking for comic relief you're reading about the wrong book. The Ruins is an unrelenting and unflinching story that doesn't even attempt to give its readers even a one-page break from the horror that's been mounting since around page 30. Once Smith's cast of characters reach the ruins, there is no stopping. You see the bad side of the characters as they seek to come to terms with the truth about the ruins. Whether this involves cannibalism, self-mutilation, or just plain stupidity you are treated to it.I enjoyed this book, but it won't be for everyone. It's the kind of thing Stephen King might have written if he were able to not 'be Stephen King.'
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