Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

21 reviews

traa's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Homophobia

Minor: Stalking and Animal death

jaedia's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

 I was utterly transfixed by this book. I'd put it off for so long because "house invasion thriller" isn't my favourite subgenre but Cabin has a twist to it that makes the story so fascinating, the characters are incredible, the way it's written is fantastic... and the way he plays with ambiguity, holy hell. Chef's kiss. I *still* don't know what happened and I'm GLAD about it!! There were a few lines I highlighted just because they had me going, "Wow... what a line." Sheesh. Well now I need to obtain more Tremblay books, I guess. I've certainly got Horror Movie, his 2024 release, on preorder already. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Confinement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Excrement, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Medical content

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Violence, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Hate crime, Excrement, and Vomit

heartachesbi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Vomit, Torture, and Excrement

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Blood, Child death, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Murder, and Death

physicalsecrets's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Hate crime, Vomit, Confinement, Child abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Murder, Child death, Excrement, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Death, and Torture

mlovesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

The last bit lost me. I'm a fan of

ambiguous endings, usually, but it just puttered out.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Gore, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Excrement and Child death

nuh_thaan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Instead of dipping my toe in the waters of horror, I feel like I just jumped in! This was so entertaining and captivating to me. Like, imagine yourself in that scenario. You have one choice to make? Will you make it? Can you make it?

I cannot believe the death of Wen! Her innocence was so pure and she didn't even get to have her birthday party! An ambiguous ending makes me love and hate it at the same time. Do Andrew and Eric continue on? Can they? There's so many questions and I know I will be thinking about this book and definitely revisit it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Excrement, Blood, Gore, and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia

veelaughtland's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Violence, Murder, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit, Excrement, Hate crime, and Homophobia

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

An interesting concept.  I had difficulty following because the POV shifts were sporadic. It may have been better on the page vs the audiobook.

I hated the ending.  Ambiguous endings always kill a story for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Murder, Death, Excrement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence