Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

7 reviews

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

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Suicidal thoughts

froggydanny's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal cruelty, and Medical content

_morgreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Cursing, Gun violence, Body horror, Child death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Violence, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Torture, and Vomit

katiereadsbooks23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I really really enjoyed this book up until the last couple of paragraphs. I think it is such an interesting concept as in usually with home invasion thrillers we have people breaking in who have the main goal of harming or hurting the victims and this book is a great flip of that. Most of our home invaders are  sympathetic and you get the feeling they wouldn’t be there if they didn’t have to be. The dynamics of the characters are very interesting and it is such an interesting book overall. I’m very excited for the movie! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Medical content, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Death, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Hate crime and Homophobia

Minor: Religious bigotry

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

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

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