Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

9 reviews

jessy4550's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I liked the book, but I do wish the ending was a little longer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, Child death, Self harm, Death, Gaslighting, and Gore

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, Physical abuse, Suicide, Kidnapping, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

kat_rowlen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I have no idea what happened or why. The ending is ambiguous which I feel hurts the book, and leaves the reader wishing for a more concise ending. The chapters are entirely too long too which makes the book drag on, and the writing is fairly repetitive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Blood, Suicide, Gore, Homophobia, Murder, and Child death

_morgreads's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Cursing, Gun violence, Body horror, Child death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Violence, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Torture, and Vomit

kelsywild's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, Death, Murder, Hate crime, Gun violence, Suicide, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Gaslighting, Cursing, Grief, and Child death

nuh_thaan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Instead of dipping my toe in the waters of horror, I feel like I just jumped in! This was so entertaining and captivating to me. Like, imagine yourself in that scenario. You have one choice to make? Will you make it? Can you make it?

Spoiler

I cannot believe the death of Wen! Her innocence was so pure and she didn't even get to have her birthday party! An ambiguous ending makes me love and hate it at the same time. Do Andrew and Eric continue on? Can they? There's so many questions and I know I will be thinking about this book and definitely revisit it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Excrement, Blood, Gore, and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Confinement, Gaslighting, Blood, Child death, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia

sammba's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

 I will preface this by saying that this is not a book for everyone. It is intense and gory. There is action, violence, hate, cursing, and brutal deaths. But if you are looking for a horror thriller that goes beyond just focusing on the actions, this book is for you.

Tremblay writes from almost every characters' point of view so you can understand where they are coming from and can feel for them. This in turn continuously makes you question your own thoughts and values. It fills you with stress and gives you existential dread. It will have you asking the question, what would I do if this happened to me?

Many of the low reviews are due to the ending (don't worry, I'm not spoiling it) and I completely understand why they hate it, but they will remember and be thinking about it for a long time. And that's the point. I thought that the ending was perfect and was the only way it could finish in line with the rest of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Child death, Gore, Confinement, Homophobia, Gaslighting, and Violence

alexisgarcia's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. The characters are pretty developed despite the book being on the shorter side. The concept was amazing and i think that for the most part is was executed great. I know some people didn’t like the ending but because of the overall ambiguity of the book up until the ending, it felt very fitting to me. This book left me confused, empty, and slightly scared in the best way. I would absolutely recommend if you don’t mind ambiguity in your books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

pintobean's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Confinement, Death, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Gore, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders