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 Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:10 pm
So whilst on my vacation this past weekend I read the book, The Ruins. Book came before the movie, just so you understand.
My review is as follows, it's a great survival story. You can start to see where a person could crack so quickly, as I was reading it I kept thinking to myself, "wait they have only been here for 27 hours?". The plant doesn't really play a HUGE role in the book, It certainly is an annoyance and does some damage to make things worse but I strongly believe that the theme was survival. And from the previews of the movie- it looks like the movie did NOT stay anywhere close to the book.
The book made me cringe once or twice, and it kept me very interested- I read it in about a day. So I would reccommend it to you, but don't expect a horror novel, that's not what it's about.
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:11 pm
Never heard of it confused What's it about?
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:21 pm
Celtic guardian91 Never heard of it confused What's it about? My Hollow I strongly believe that the theme was survival.
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:49 pm
I am always looking for a good book to read...I'll give it a try.
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:55 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:17 pm
Gravechylde Celtic guardian91 Never heard of it confused What's it about? My Hollow I strongly believe that the theme was survival. That's my boy!
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:55 pm
My Hollow Gravechylde Celtic guardian91 Never heard of it confused What's it about? My Hollow I strongly believe that the theme was survival. That's my boy!
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:21 pm
Gravechylde My Hollow Gravechylde Celtic guardian91 Never heard of it confused What's it about? My Hollow I strongly believe that the theme was survival. That's my boy! Totally not like I said it a million times.
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:22 pm
My Hollow Gravechylde My Hollow Gravechylde Celtic guardian91 Never heard of it confused What's it about? My Hollow I strongly believe that the theme was survival. That's my boy! Totally not like I said it a million times. lol
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:22 pm
I need a new book, I read too fast...
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Digital Malevolence Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:29 pm
The review of the movie I read said that the actors were subpar and the movie failed to capture the creepiness of the book. I'm just interested in how a book about killer vines can actually be taken seriously--I mean, is the writing really good enough to eclipse the silly concept?
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:45 pm
That's the thing it wasn't killer vines. They weren't evil, horror, hell-bent vegetaion in the book. It was more of a sinister prescense.
Spoiler:
The plant ate fluid- blood/vomit and dead cells. Like Pablo's legs, he got paralized and the next morning they woke up to find the plant and devoured all the flesh, fat, muscles, and tendons was stripped from his legs. Then when Eric recieved a cut on his knee's the plant pushed it's way into his leg.
It's not so much man eating like "Rawr, I eat you now!" But a slow more methodical way of watching thme suffer and playing on their weaknesses.
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:34 pm
Gravechylde Celtic guardian91 Never heard of it confused What's it about? My Hollow I strongly believe that the theme was survival. lol, I got that bit rolleyes I meant the rest of it
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:55 pm
Digital Malevolence I need a new book, I read too fast...
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:46 pm
Celtic guardian91 Gravechylde Celtic guardian91 Never heard of it confused What's it about? My Hollow I strongly believe that the theme was survival. lol, I got that bit rolleyes I meant the rest of it Read it and find out.
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