“You cannot foresee the directions The Ritual will go in – just when you think you’ve got it worked out, it swerves again, and smashes your theories to bits. A ruthless and psychologically brutal book, yet simultaneously restrained and controlled, The Ritual takes you for one hell of a bumpy ride.”
http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/read-horror/book-reviews/the-ritual-by-adam-nevill-2/