Review: The Cabin at the End of the World

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was a strange book for me. It started out promising then it took a turn that was so bizarre that not only did I not see it coming, I had no idea this was even a possible plot twist for this novel. Still uncertain how I feel overall about this book. My reluctance is that my gut feeling is to rate it low but I wonder if its one of those that the longer time you give after you've finished, the more likely that it will continue popping back into your consciousness. Usually those are the books that are higher ratings for me.
I think ultimately, the aspects of this that were most unexpected that i really didn't like, in terms of how the author handled it was the graphic nature of the violence. In thrillers or the like, I'm not put off by some of that but it is really dependent on the way it is written as to how tolerant I am with it. This did not seem to serve a purpose for the story itself other than to be gratuitous. So ultimately it detracted from the story in my opinion.

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