The Cabin at the End of the World

A Novel

By: Paul Tremblay

Narrated by: Amy Landon

Paul Tremblay’s terrifying twist to the home invasion novel—inspiration for the upcoming major motion picture from Universal Pictures

“Tremblay’s personal best. It’s that good.” — Stephen King

Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road.

One afternoon, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. Leonard is the largest man Wen has ever seen, but he is young, friendly, and he wins her over almost instantly. Leonard and Wen talk and play until Leonard abruptly apologizes and tells Wen, “None of what’s going to happen is your fault.” Three more strangers then arrive at the cabin carrying unidentifiable, menacing objects. As Wen sprints inside to warn her parents, Leonard calls out: “Your dads won’t want to let us in, Wen. But they have to. We need your help to save the world.”

Thus begins an unbearably tense, gripping tale of paranoia, sacrifice, apocalypse, and survival that escalates to a shattering conclusion, one in which the fate of a loving family and quite possibly all of humanity are entwined. The Cabin at the End of the World is a masterpiece of terror and suspense from the fantastically fertile imagination of Paul Tremblay.

Interesting idea, but slow paced.

I had a hard time with the pace of the story. The same events being told from different POV by multipme charactets in the room felt long at times, and a bit unnecessary, especially when someone's thoughts and witnessing a character's rather gory death. The narrator had a beautiful voice, but the men all sounded exactly alike except for the voice she used for Redmund, and the women sounded the same as well. that made it a little hard to follow the story at times. The concept of the story was interesting.

Meh.

Picked this up due to the movie version hitting theaters soon. Starts pretty strong but then just stalls. Ending is terrible. I’m hoping the screen version is more compelling and wish I had my credit back.

Just ok

Thankful it wasn’t any longer it was ok but I wouldn’t recommend! I was going to watch the movie so I read the book first. I won’t be watching the movie either.

Not a fan

I wanted to love this book, but it went on and on with a very dull ending. I wasn’t a fan.

Meh

Really just lukewarm overall. Not excited about the new movie coming out after reading this.