The Cabin at the End of the World

A Novel

By: Paul Tremblay

Narrated by: Amy Landon

Paul Tremblay’s terrifying twist to the home invasion novel—inspiration for the major motion picture from Universal Pictures

“Tremblay’s personal best. It’s that good.” — Stephen King

Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road.

One afternoon, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. Leonard is the largest man Wen has ever seen, but he is young, friendly, and he wins her over almost instantly. Leonard and Wen talk and play until Leonard abruptly apologizes and tells Wen, “None of what’s going to happen is your fault.” Three more strangers then arrive at the cabin carrying unidentifiable, menacing objects. As Wen sprints inside to warn her parents, Leonard calls out: “Your dads won’t want to let us in, Wen. But they have to. We need your help to save the world.”

Thus begins an unbearably tense, gripping tale of paranoia, sacrifice, apocalypse, and survival that escalates to a shattering conclusion, one in which the fate of a loving family and quite possibly all of humanity are entwined. The Cabin at the End of the World is a masterpiece of terror and suspense from the fantastically fertile imagination of Paul Tremblay.

©2018 Paul Tremblay (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

“A tremendous book—thought-provoking and terrifying, with tension that winds up like a chain. The Cabin at the End of the World is Tremblay’s personal best. It’s that good.” (Stephen King)

Great beginning to a good story but there were so many holes and

Unanswered questions - like, wth did these people really believe and why wasn’t that questioned from the very beginning by these obviously smart, intellectual & observant men? Instead they just succumbed in a way, and their capturers just didn’t explain themselves enough in the way they should have - given their task. I felt disappointed & especially when lives were lost

So much potential, so little delivery.

I had real hopes for this one seemed like an interesting premise, had to possiblity of being a more serious version of the "CABIN IN THE WOODS" movie, but ended up being a bland predictable, "is this real, is it not". It wanted to be 10 Cloverfield Lane in the worst way and it totally is Cloverfield Lane... in the worst way, without any of the satisfaction that movie ultimately gave. By the end nothing was really answered and the worst thing that could have happened (and would have been an interesting way to end it, or at least have been used to build an ending on) happened about 3/4 of the way through, and
I came up with 3 or 4 MUCH better endings, where this book couldn't even create an actual ending of any kind.
I don't know why this book was read by a woman. I have nothing against women narrators and enjoy listening to them when they are good. But this book is told mostly by men (or from men's perspective) and only a few sections (including the opening) are from a woman/ girls perspective.
Also this particular woman reader is not very good, I've heard MUCH worse (I'm looking at you Angela Dawe especially for Servents of the Twilight, so mechanical and toneless a robot would have had more emotion and correct emphasis) but this reader is still very stilted and uninspired.
It was a slog to finish and the journey was ultimately not worth the trip. Skip it.

The performance was so bland

Siri gives me a better performance then this narrator. The story itself was ok. But the narrator really made me want to stop in the middle of the store and never pick it up.

Creative Metaphor/ VO is crap

- Super politically driven and metaphorical plot points, but in the end become pretty obvious.

- great start but starts to drag on and feel redundant, also metaphor I’m sure.

- Author’s heart was in the right place when writing this book, and you can tell he is fed up with all the bullshit in the world which I wholeheartedly appreciate.

- one of the worst narrations I have heard on audible. Obviously voice casts aren’t always allowed to due budgets but I think two or three talented voice actors could have made this audiobook really cool.

Classic Tremblay

If you’ve read other novels by Paul Tremblay and enjoyed them, this will be right up your alley. It’s an extremely frustrating novel, which speaks to how well the author writes the characters.

cabin at the end of the world

This is a great take on the end of the world story...it had unexpected twist and turns through out till the end..A must for world apocalypse fans!

Great story and narrator!

If you are a fan of Paul Tremblay, then this is a must read or listen!

I loves the story but ending ruined it

See the title. it says it all. I loved the story but just did not like the ending.

Don’t waste your time

This book left to many unanswered questions. The narrator voice was so monotone that drove me crazy too.

Narration is terrible. Basically unbearable.

Story is okay, but I may have thought it was better if the narrator wasn't so horrible. I couldn't wait for this one to end. I wouldn't have kept on if this wasn't for my book club.