Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

93 reviews

mangofandango's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

WOW this book was a lot. It was extremely compelling while also being kind of exhaustingly difficult to read - not in the sense that's pretentiously written or overwrought, but because you suffer along with the protagonists and it's painful, agonizing, and destabilizing throughout. I thought it was great psychological horror and as much as it leaves you shattered, the uncertainty is interesting and really makes it stick. I do think it could have been a little tighter, and at the same time, while I respect the choice to leave some things ambiguous there things are I would love to know more about.

Content note: this is absolutely not for you if you have tender feelings about harm coming to children. Like, I definitely couldn't have read this as a new mom. Be cautious. It's also pretty gory and violent overall, and it's...I used the word "shattered", right? It's a lot, so only read if you have the spoons for that. (

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Vomit, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

lindsaygray21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, and Suicide

natasyareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

philomathean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Honestly I was kind of bored. This is gonna be full of Slight spoilers so just beware. I wish that they were kind of trying to get into the cabin I feel like they got in super fast. Also it was kind of just redundant. I do have to say if you don’t like open endings or not knowing what happened this is not the book for you. Usually I don’t really mind that well I guess it depends on the book but this I just felt like what was the point what was the point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

cathuluu's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Confinement

Minor: Homophobia

madisonhh666's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

mnatale100's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

mousey's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

A really tense and interesting read. The ambiguity of the circumstances the characters are stuck in makes you unsure of who to root for, of who is right and who is wrong, but that makes it all the more engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

m0usey's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

A very good read, I couldn’t put it down. I don’t think I was ever really rooting for any of the characters, but that’s what made it great. You kind of hate all of them, and you kind of love all of them because of the ambiguity of the conflict. But yeah, a great, fast read with some great themes and quotes me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty