Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

24 reviews

mklmy's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

marissa_nancy_nicole's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

spaghettii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

I guess it wasn't my genre.

I'm okay with open endings, especially if there's more of a psychological horror aspect. I feel like Eric's belief that it was all real was very sudden and not well built up to. I'm not sure if I'd prefer to think that it was real or not. I can appreciate an open ending, but sometimes they just feel like an excuse for loose ends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

allena_inwonderland's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

apersonnamedfaith's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This one fucked with me. There was so much tension and confusion and frustration…just emotion overall. I watched the movie before I knew it was a book, and as usual, the book is better(though I did like the movie).

My only (small) critique is with Wen’s death. That was such a major, emotional thing and I felt like there could’ve been just a bit more focus given to it.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

caroline_123's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kickitupanotch7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Vomit

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

traa's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death and Stalking

jaedia's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 I was utterly transfixed by this book. I'd put it off for so long because "house invasion thriller" isn't my favourite subgenre but Cabin has a twist to it that makes the story so fascinating, the characters are incredible, the way it's written is fantastic... and the way he plays with ambiguity, holy hell. Chef's kiss. I *still* don't know what happened and I'm GLAD about it!! There were a few lines I highlighted just because they had me going, "Wow... what a line." Sheesh. Well now I need to obtain more Tremblay books, I guess. I've certainly got Horror Movie, his 2024 release, on preorder already. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Hate crime, Excrement, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic