![]() A mountain of a man - huge, polite, gentle, dressed in jeans and a white shirt. Normal, rational, reasonable worries.Īnd then one day, Leonard comes wandering into the yard. Andrew and Eric are a lovely couple - worried about bears, about Wen wandering off and getting lost in the woods or not wearing enough sunscreen. It is cut off as much as any place can be in this modern world. There are no neighbors, no cell reception. It begins with Wen, adopted daughter of Daddy Andrew and Daddy Eric, a gay couple who have rented a vacation cabin on a lake deep in New Hampshire. I can give you exactly what I knew going in - nothing that doesn't exist in the first few pages of The Cabin and, idiosyncratically, nothing that doesn't persist through the entire reach of the book. I want to detail every switchback and psychological reverse that happens, deconstruct how Tremblay layers in these genius feints of paranoia and disbelief, explain how he builds to these perfect trigger points where everything explodes into blood and violence, then settles, then starts again.īook Reviews 'Ghosts' Is An Eerie, Edgy Tale Of Perception And Possessionīut OK, I can say a few things. ![]() And there's a very, very good chance you'll never get it out of your head again. It will shape your nightmares for months – that's pretty much guaranteed. Read Paul Tremblay's new novel, The Cabin at the End of the World, and you might not sleep for a week. Fun, sure, but it won't keep you up at night unless you already possess an unnatural fear of your Tercel. Stephen King's Christine? That's like Knight Rider with more murder and an evil goatee. Rosemary's Baby, a kind of half-and-half mix (very real pregnancy body horror with a little Faust thrown in). ![]() ![]() It is instantly recognizable for existing in a universe too far gone from our own to truly haunt anyone still tethered to the everyday. The worst kind of horror plays for shock - for extremes of blood and gore and screaming nonsense. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Cabin at the End of the World Author Paul Tremblay ![]()
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