Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

257 reviews

books_hay's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Violence

nix_jinx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Weirdly,  the ending saved this one for me. It's one hell of thought-experiment the whole way through, which felt very poorly played out by the characters at times. I admit, there were stretches where I lost interest in the narrative and perspectives, but I did so want to carry it through. Knowing what I know now,  I really love the psychology of this one.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Hate crime and Confinement

soycarmen27's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

csutherlin3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

reggiethebird's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Bad for your blood pressure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Cursing, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Gun violence, and Hate crime

seeker42's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical trauma, Murder, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Hate crime, Grief, Physical abuse, Cursing, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Homophobia

gorbon's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Child death, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Confinement

kellyofcali's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

A good horror novel - a bit more brutal and gruesome than expected, but I moved through it quickly, pushed on my growing tension and uncertainty.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal death

muireebrown's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book was an existential thriller with compelling characters, themes, and plot points. Even though it’s a pretty hopeless story, I enjoyed it quite a bit. If you read this after watching the movie adaptation like I did, you will still find a lot of interesting moments. There are a few moments where the shifting perspectives and tenses feel a bit odd, but overall I enjoyed the writing style of this story. One of the best books I’ve read this year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Violence, Death, and Child death

shay_talksbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

Re-read. Really enjoyed the first half of the book, but lost momentum in the 2nd half. Felt like the author built up all of the tension and then didn't really know what to do with it so settled on the most 'horrific' thing they could think of for shock value. I did enjoy split viewpoints and unreliable narrators.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Homophobia, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Death, and Confinement