The Ritual by Adam Nevill

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Published: February 14, 2012 by St. Martin’s Griffin

Horror/borrowed

Ok, I admit, I am not really a horror fan because I get scared, I have nightmares. I also do not want it bloody. But this book was so good! And really scary.

The first half is about 4 friends hiking through the Swedish wilderness. Two are out of shape and has had accidents so they decide to take what they believe is a shortcut through the woods.

Oh those woods were scary. I like when it is that creepy feeling that you never see anything, but something is out there. Something dangerous. And then they find creepy things. That intense uncomfortable feeling is growing.

But then after half the book the mood shifted, it was still good, but not as scary. Now it was more real and weird. I did prefer the first scary part, as the second part was never scary....I mean the threat of death is constant, but you would have to read it to see.

Great scary book

When four old University friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they aim to briefly escape the problems of their lives and reconnect with one another. But when Luke, the only man still single and living a precarious existence, finds he has little left in common with his well-heeled friends, tensions rise. With limited experience between them, a shortcut meant to ease their hike turns into a nightmare scenario that could cost them their lives. Lost, hungry, and surrounded by forest untouched for millennia, Luke figures things couldn't possibly get any worse.

But then they stumble across an old habitation. Ancient artifacts decorate the walls and there are bones scattered upon the dry floors. The residue of old rites and pagan sacrifice for something that still exists in the forest. Something responsible for the bestial presence that follows their every step. As the four friends stagger in the direction of salvation, they learn that death doesn't come easy among these ancient trees…