the cabin at the end of the world book review

His next novel, Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, was also effective. Paul Tremblay gained notoriety with his unique take on possession A Head Full of Ghosts, which I absolutely loved. I’m not sure if it’s setting up a sequel, or the author just wanted something a little ambiguous.Paul Tremblay: The Cabin At The End Of The World My only issue with the book was the ending. Then, you start to doubt yourself, and what you would choose as you go through the story. You can’t quit reading because you have no idea what is going to happen next. While there are no hidden twists to the story, things happen that are totally surprising and shocking. As I was reading, I kept thinking how much worse can this get? Much worse. Without giving away too much, this is a train wreck that’s just going down in flames. Eric was injured pretty badly during the initial invasion and now has a bad concussion, but an inkling of doubt (or maybe belief?) starts to fester within him about what these people are telling him. Stuff I don’t even want to tell you about. Next thing you know some crazy stuff starts going down. Like the rest of us sane people, Andrew and Eric tell them they aren’t sacrificing anyone, and the captors are just beside themselves that this family doesn’t just believe them right off the bat. If your family was tied up and your captors told you needed to make a decision as to which one of you was going to die or the world would end, what would you do? Would you not laugh in the faces of your captors? I know I probably would. Who would ever believe this, right? Who would you choose? The strangers tell them if they don’t do it, then everyone else in the entire world is going to die. These strangers actually think this family is just going to decide between the three of them who they will sacrifice so the world doesn’t end because these idiots say so. These strangers tell them that they aren’t going to hurt them, but Andrew, Eric, and Wen have to make a choice to sacrifice one of each other. They hole up in the cabin trying to stay safe as three more people show up with some kind of bizarre weapon contractions they’ve made.Īfter a bit of a battle, they eventually get into the cabin and tie up Andrew and Eric and leave Wen on one of their laps. Wen realizes something is wrong, and she goes running to her dads.

His name is Leonard, and he tries to befriend her and helps her catch grasshoppers. The dads are hanging out on the back deck relaxing, and Wen is out front catching grasshoppers when a man shows up.

They’re staying in a secluded cabin on a lake for a vacation. The Cabin at the End of the World starts off with Wen, a 7 yr old Chinese girl, who is being raised by her two dads, Andrew and Eric.

The cabin at the end of the world book review