A review by rainpunk
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No

2.0

A quick-paced thriller that does a fine job of putting you yourself into the mind of "what would I do in this situation?" However, it's incredibly frustrating that our protagonists don't ask more questions of their captors despite being together for multiple days. I understand not wanting to talk a lot right away out of panic and fear, but the reality of their situation is that they spend dozens of hours with their captors (who are willing to explain themselves and try to multiple times) without asking specific, obvious questions about the nature of all of the captors' visions/feelings/missions. It felt like they weren't doing the obvious thing of talking through the scenario just because the story was meant to be mysterious. 
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