Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

140 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

lilashelly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Oooh boy. I watched the movie when it came out, not realizing it was based on a book, and am probably one of the few who enjoyed the movie. I'm genuinely not sure how I feel about the changes between the book and the movie. I can see where it can be argued that changing how it ends changed the meaning of the book. I feel like the book did still leave some loose ends, there's some "but what happened next?" hanging in the air when you finish it, and I don't like that feeling. But it was overall a good book and I appreciated the changing POVs keeping you on your toes where you're not 100% sure what just occurred.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

nhammy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Murder

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

tome's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I don't often read things in one sitting anymore, but this book transfixed me unlike any other. The ambiguity, the viscerality, the perspective, all of it left me utterly engrossed. I'm gonna have to sit with this one for a bit. Also, as a note, some of the trigger warnings added are, to some extent, dependent on what conclusion you make of the ambiguity. I've added them just in case.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

thebearnest's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, and Homophobia

Minor: Suicide and Vomit

quabbityash's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

raeisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

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