Ooh--books!

[fancycwabs]

Playing Bill Sikes gives me lots of off stage time, so I've been catching up on my reading to make sure I don't forget how to read things on actual paper. Book the first--The Ruins by Scott Smith, of A Simple Plan semi-fame.

Spoilers follow:

Having read Stephen King's Cell (do I need to link to that?) earlier this year and being profoundly disappointed in the second half of the book, where the zombies start flying and becoming psychic, it was nice to fall back to the relative plausibilty of a man-eating plant. The Ruins is by turns unsettling, creepy, and disturbing, and plays on our natural fear of mowing the grass. I ended up a little disappointed in the ending, but I won't go so far as to spoil that.

Still, it's a fun ride, and I'd certainly recommend it to fans of the horror genre.

Next up: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, I think. If I can remember where I put it.

Comments

[aliiyf.livejournal.com]

I haven't read Steven King in years -- I think the last one I read and enjoyed was "Insomnia" and I'm pretty sure I was in middle or high school then -- I like a lot of his ideas -- I mean hey, flying zombies -- but I've grown to hate his writing style.

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

Telekinetic, telepathic flying zombies aren't zombies at all, they're jedi with a learning disability and an attitude problem. And we know how compelling that is.

No, for pants-wetting scares, The Ruins takes it, even if you end up with TONS of questions after it's over.