The Ruins

Told my partner the other day “I don't fear being murdered. I fear being tortured first.” This book really summed up that fear for me.

Horror is subjective and it might not be your cup of subjective-ness, but I am astonished by this novel. It hit every one of my nerves and me being forever thankful that I was cozy in my home. I did not need to know why the vines did anything or the Mayans because when in your life have you experienced something truly terrible come to you in the end in a neatly wrapped explanation? - the amount of peril of realizing you'd never escape this sort of hell as the days rolled on and you and everyone you're friends with start to starve, dehydration and delirium, and succumbing to this truth, becoming the vines play thing, was enough for me to be properly terrified and in awe.

Highly HIGHLY recommend the audiobook. Listened to it over a few nights as I was getting ready for bed. Loved this and deserves a million rereads