My goodness, what a book to read after not reading any books for years. Where to begin?
Typical college kids not thinking with their heads, ultimately leading to their demise. I'm in my mid 30s, and the amount of times I grew so frustrated at these young people making awful decisions that it was legitimately making me hate read. Now, I was rooting for the them whole time, but as I kept reading, I knew not all were going to make it.
Jeff pissed me off the most, but I couldn't help but respect him at the same time. He seemed to at least try and be logical, but was quite dickish about it. And honestly deservedly so, the rest, besides Mathias, were just plain idiots. At least Jeff understood the severity of their situation and tried to survive from the get go.
Mathias, eh, a bit neutral. After seeing his brother, I think he just gave up and went on autopilot, agreeing to whatever the group decided. And I can't exactly blame him. I'd probably be the same if I saw my brutally killed brother's corpse while with a group of strangers.
Eric i was ok with until he believed the vines over Stacy. That part really pissed me off. Just a bumbling idiot.
Amy was fine. No big qualms with her to be honest. Same with Stacy, although she was quite ditsy and stupid. Again, all college kids, so you can't exactly fault them for not being park rangers that can survive in the wilderness, especially with a carnivorous plant.
Anyway, I really enjoyed this book. I was really hoping at the end Stacy would grab a vine and throw it at the mayans, past the salt ring surrounding the mound. Or walk toward them and make them shoot her.
What are your thoughts?
by Hoody711
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I love a horror book, and I like to think I have a fairly high threshold for things that get to me, but >!the thought of the vines growing under my skin and having to cut them out!< like that fucked with my head so badly I’ve never been able to bring myself to reread it.