Stupid and boring....
930876
While the previous reviewer had issues with the screenplay format, I found that to be mildly annoying and would have continued if the story and dialog lived up to the promotional hype.  Just didn't ring my bell!  I got through 21% of the book and asked myself "why am I wasting time with this?"
1183079
I thought that this was one of the most stupid books I ever read.  The plot stunk.  The history so faulty it was laughable. The characters were boring, underdeveloped and tedious.  The riddles were the most ridiculous and predictable.  The conclusion....ho-hum.
Don't waste your time
4431231
My first...and last...time reading this author.  This book was boring, the female character was written as an idiot and the male was clearly dealing with mental health issues.  DNF...and so glad I didn't pay for this poorly written book.
2806194
really bad, silly and stupid, a waste of time for everyone..DO NOT SPEND A MINUTE ON THIS BOOK..SO BORING I COUILD SCREAM..DON'T BELIEVE ME, GET IT AND SEE
4811281
Extraordinarily stupid ...even though its obviously a satire! Waste of time....
Ridiculous and vapid characters! Nobody could possibly care what happened to them.
2546588
This was so stupid...  I don't know where all these great reviews are coming from here.  To be clear, "stupid" is not a term I would typically use in a book review but I can't think of a better word in this case.

The writing style itself wasn't bad, which is why this is 2 stars instead of 1.  It wasn't great but it wasn't the worst.  The plot was just so unbelievable, even for a horror/thriller book.  There were loose ends, and the characters weren't fleshed out at all (SPOILER:  which is probably fine since most of them die). There seemed to be no purpose to the story at all.  The ending was horrible.  This whole swamp-trash revenge theme is so far fetched and it was just gratuitous violence.

Save yourself some time and don't read this one.
1279414
Spoilers ahead.

The book is boring, too long (it should have been a short story), and the "monster" is a plant that mimics only what it has heard and, yet, it can mimic a cell phone sound in on a hilltop with no phone reception whatsoever. So you must ask yourself: where did this smart, evil plant hear a cell phone chirping BEFORE so it can mimic it now in the middle of nowhere? The characters are so stupid that they all think it's a great idea to go down a bottomless pit dangling from a hemp rope of dubious strength, in search of a mythic cell phone in a part of the map without a single cell phone tower one hundred miles around. Also, suspension of disbelief already shattered, you must stop to think: Mayans with bows and arrows? Guns in the Yucatan no problem. But bows and arrows? Seriously? This is not the Amazon basin, this is the Mexican jungle: totally different kind of natives; completely different cultures. Machetes, check. Guns, check. Arrows, nope.

I couldn't feel empathy for the poor sods who end up trapped on the hilltop. Smith's writing style is not very engaging and he weights his story down with unnecessary digressions and biographical flashbacks. I suppose the obvious purpose is to add depth to the future victims. It doesn't work. It does work as padding, though, so what should have been a novella or a decent short story ends up having 500 pages in the pb edition. 500 pages of six people tortured to death through falls, broken bones, thirst, hunger, cuts, choking, arrows, and the slowly dawning realization that there is no hope at all and that the malevolent plant will win in the end. Boring. Pointless. More than a bit sadistic, too.
2962440
One of the most pretentious and simultaneously stupid storylines for a movie that I have had to suffer through. On top of this, the acting was fairly mediocre, and the dialogue was again pretentious when it was not stupid. With the possible exception of the grandfather, the other characters were shallow and phony. The character of Preston Plummer exhibited his serious dedication to science by the purposeful giant holes he made on his jeans' knees. Is this the genius who will study entropy at the University of Chicago? Who dreams up idiotic stuff like this? What a waste of time.
444041
You don't have to pay attention...Just.....stupid.  So many holes in the story line, I won't even start.  One of the most pointless movies I have ever seen.
2770607
This movie was on special last weekend - $1.99. It is written for 13 year olds... but it is rated "R", so, they can't see it. It is so stupid and loaded with gratuitous nude and vulgar shots including baby poop to the face (that's so ooollllddddd) and a thumb up someone's "behind", I couldn't sit through the entire move - even at the bargain price! I was especially disappointed because it is a fun concept, and I like the actors...and even they couldn't save the day. I was expecting something "clever"? <--Not found here.

Don't waste your Time!
2987104
I agree with the other reader, this book was inane. No "spark" or sizzle.  If this is the first of a trilogy, count me out!!!  Sorry Nina, this book was too stupid to even finish.
3675971
This is very stupid...do not waste your time.  The only goodthing was it had a hot camera guy...lol. The blonde girl needed smacked caused she whined way to much.
1388111
I wanted so much to enjoy this movie, because I am a fan of John le Carre's books.  But, I was so bored!  I could not follow the "intelligent" storyline, not because I'm not intelligent, but because I couldn't stop thinking to myself "Geez, I wish this wasn't so frigging BORING!!"  There were so many of my favorite actors, all of which are incredible talents, but all the characters they played were so flat and colorless and humorless and uninteresting!  What a waste.
1710454
By just watching the trailer this movie looked silly to begin with, but I got ahold of a free copy & thought maybe if I just turn off my brain for a couple hours I might find some enjoyment in the film.  Well, unfortunately just turning off my brain wasn't enough for this stupid waste of film.  You'd almost have to be comatose to get through the film before saying to yourself "wait a minute, did that just happen".  The movie is just flat out too stupid for words.  It's a true insult to anyone's intelligence watching & for those that can actually find some kind, any kind of enjoyment, you might think about investing in a good drool bib & a nice set of crayons.  How does this Roland Emmerich guy keep getting these huge budgets to make these putridly stupid & brainless films.  Okay I enjoyed ID4, but how long ago was that movie made?  It's like after doing 'The Day After Tomorrow' he went "Wow, they actually bought that; why even bother with a story, they'll buy anything!!!"  Do these big hot shot movie executives really think that we as Americans are really this stupid?  Maybe we are, maybe we deserve this kind of garbage on our silver screens & maybe that's how we put bUSH in the White House for eight excruciatingly long years.  Oh, and can we please officially put the kibosh on Miss Camilla "Bushy Brow" Belle's career now?  It's quite obvious after the woman's choice of movies that not only can the woman not act, but she's completely clueless as well.  Let's just not even talk about unga bunga lead guy Steve Strait.  In the end, you'd probably get more enjoyment & be better off receiving a concussion that sitting through this film, completely stupid, complete waste of 2 hours of my life that I'll never get back.  F This Movie!!!
3017238
Without a doubt one of the worst books I have ever read. Not only is it badly written and badly edited, but the storyline itself is boring, really just an exercise in hate from a man who married the wrong woman. He says he doesn't hate women, but some of his stereotypes in the book would belie that. It is just a very boring story, that I think the writer thinks is funny but just isn't. it smacks of trying too hard to be funny. It is far fetched at times (for example he would have us believe that he is too big to fit into their tiny toilet and so he has to pee from the hallway - however i assume he manged to make it in there for number twos??? - speaking of his size - he repeats over and over that he works out at the gym - we get it already, you think that you are hot and fit). This couple apparently shower together to save water costs, and hate every second of it, but manage to waste money on various luxury items in the next sentence, it makes no sense and you will have no sympathy for either character. Don't waste your money buying this, it is self serving and annoying.
1203408
This is the most boring yet stupid movie I have seen in awhile. I like Katie Holmes but she must of been desperate to take this crap. I saw the old version which made me want to watch this one but sometimes, you need to leave remakes to the originals. Watch if you like but, I'm warning you....IT SUCKS BIG TIME!
2802728
This was probably the worst and most boring book I've read in 2007. Amazon has it rated as one of "the best so far..."  There must be some mistake. The author, while allegedly a skilled writer, drones on and on about the most irrelevant subjects, 5 pages devoted to a chair. It has taken me almost a whole month to finish because I get sleepy after about 3 pages and have to put it down. I am now on the last chapter and can't wait to "come to the end". The characters are mere caricatures of real people with no depth or relatability. There is basically no plot to speak of. I have given it two stars because the author has an occasional good line or train of thought, but when he puts them all together it's nothing but a trainwreck. I'm no rocket scientist and usually pretty easily entertained but this book was no good. I'm serious.