The Ruins

I tried to read this years ago and liked it okay, but the characters annoyed me. I have heard multiple recommendations for this recently, so I tried it again. I loved the slow creeping suspense and the way the characters slowly figured out what was going on. I liked way we saw a little bit from everyone's perspective. At first I didn't like that there were no chapters, but after a while I really enjoyed reading it that way. The American characters are all flawed and I think that was good for this story. However, there were times that the flawed characters devolved into caricatures. And that really annoyed me. Overall, I glad I gave this a second chance.