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The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

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djwinn1364's review against another edition

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dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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ms_sarah621's review against another edition

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dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

At first, this book had me so captivated. I was trying to hard to determine who to believe and what was actually happening. It felt very slow burn, but I was still intrigued by what was happening. There were enough questions and events happening to have me interested. However, the last half of this book just dragged for me and it took me forever to finish it because of that. Then, the ending was sad and slightly disappointing. It just felt so stretched out and slow paced for nothing to really ever happen. I’m not sure, but I did really enjoy the beginning and premise of this book. It’s still worth a read

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amelia_horseman's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-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

3.25

I don't quite know what I think of this one. I listened to it on audio mostly and tbh I didn't really like the narrator so that definitely didn't help.

The idea itself I thought was great, the plot was good for the most part, and the characters were decent, but something about all those elements combined just didn't quite seem to click. I think the writing style didn't quite work for me, there were oddly drawn out bits of description just thrown in sporadically that meant that I soon as I started to become immersed or the tension started to build, this was halted by a lengthy description of something seemingly irrelevant that slowed the whole thing down and left me bored.

It was overall enjoyable, there were lots of things I like about it, but it felt like the book itself added absolutely nothing to the synopsis. I thought wow what a great concept, and thats all I took away from it, leaving it feeling just anticlimactic.

Not a bad book by any means, but I have come away just a little disappointed

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raeisreading's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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apersonnamedfaith's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
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

This one fucked with me. There was so much tension and confusion and frustration…just emotion overall. I watched the movie before I knew it was a book, and as usual, the book is better(though I did like the movie).

My only (small) critique is with Wen’s death. That was such a major, emotional thing and I felt like there could’ve been just a bit more focus given to it.

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