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

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

1.0

honestly i fucking hated this book. nonsensical killing, bizarre author notes that make me think too many people were given participation awards as young children who should've been told to stop being so psychopathic instead (
who the fuck says they wanted to make sure when they shot a child in the face they didn't want to make it an emotional highkey moment? a legit psychopath. sick in the head.
), and pages and pages of background / environmental descriptors that made me flash back to skipping like 40 pages of frankenstein because it's was just all. descriptions. of. landscape. i don't need to know about the wood of the floor. i don't need to know about the blanket they brought from home, especially since it CLEARLY doesn't hold significance to the characters in its use. even the whole
four horsemen shirt colors and relatedish plagues
felt cheaply done, like paint on a pig. the only thing i liked in the entire thing was a fucking side note the author made:
the yellow lamp running bit
. made me sick to read it, because it really channeled this vibe that the author has no value of human life and that's yeah pretty sickening. but great read if you like that sort of thing.
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