The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay | Published June 26th 2018 by William Morrow  |  272 Pages | Goodreads

✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION

“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.”

✅ REVIEW

This is a horror novel and explores what happens to a family when strangers forcefully visit the remote cabin where they are vacationing.

As you read the novel, you will be going on a gripping emotional journey with the family that has been invaded and will be asking yourself many questions, who are these strangers? What do they want? Should you believe what they say?

The novel is engaging and I found myself caring about the characters and their fates. The plot moved at a moderate pace and the author did a great job slowly building suspense. I would’ve liked to have known more about the strangers’ backgrounds. Also, something happened which was hard for me to process and can’t go into details because of spoilers.

Overall, I liked this book and think many readers of horror will enjoy it.

✅ BOOK SOURCE AND FORMAT

Loan from Miami-Dade’s Overdrive Library, audiobook