Everything Bianca

This book was given to me by my friend, lunch buddy, and co-worker Scott. He told me it was a good read, but that he hated the ending. He said this much with great disdain in his voice. I set this book aside for a long time before I read it. When I told him I was reading it, he apologized that he even gave me the book.

Well, I finished it last night, and I loved it. Just goes to show, you can never really tell about a review. Different people like to read different things. Most people know exactly what they like. So with this review, and any others I do after it, will just tell you what 'type' of read it is. You can make your decision from there.

I know I like suspense / horror. So if you tell me to read something and say, as Scott did, "It's horror / suspense." I'm sold. Say no more. The fact that you've recommended it is often good enough. 

 The Ruins

This book has a fair  amount of tension and suspense. The characters are clear from start to finish. This is a vacation gone awry survival horror story in the spirit of "And Then There Were None." I'm telling you this so that you don't have your hopes up. Get your hopes up and you'll hate this book like my friend Scott did. I fancy my self a horror buff, and Asian horror buff, none the less. I abandon all hope. *laughs* Oh, and you might to abandon a couple points of logic. Just a couple, nothing too strenuous.

Now you know it's survival horror where the characters encounter something that picks them off as if they were a platter of hors d'oeuvres. You can pick this up and enjoy it. Because it's good like that. I enjoyed reading it.

Maybe I'll enjoy watching it, too.