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  • The Cabin at the End of the World

  • By: Paul Tremblay
  • Narrated by: Amy Landon
  • Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
  • 3.2 out of 5 stars (65 ratings)

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The Cabin at the End of the World

By: Paul Tremblay
Narrated by: Amy Landon
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Publisher's Summary

Paul Tremblay, critically acclaimed author of Disappearance at Devil's Rock and A Head Full of Ghosts, adds an inventive twist to the home invasion horror story in a heart-palpitating novel of psychological suspense. 

Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbours 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. 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

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Dreadful automated narration

Storyline is not too bad but the narration. Omg. Sounds like a robot with all the inflections in the wrong spots. Waste of money.

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  • 13-02-2023

I knew it would end like this

Throughout the book I had a nagging feeling that the ending would not offer anything tangible. Well, it didn't.

Also the narrator lacked range. There's a total number of 7 characters in the book. All of them can be boiled down to normal voice and deep voice.

I'm just mad at good ideas that lead to nowhere.

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Pointless story that goes nowhere

Very contained story that goes nowhere. The narrator sounds like she's straight out of 50 shades of grey. Very average overall

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A very pointless adventure narrated awfully

An interesting tale but gets so bogged down in endless repetition. And the narrator has some of the worst ever voice work that it made me want to shut off multiple times

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Depressing for no reason

A good premise badly played out. Ugh. So depressing but not even a good story to back up the emotional drain

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had potential, but too much filler with no climax

wooden reading of the story unfortunately matched the wooden dialogue and development of characters. I was never really brought to care about the characters, and my greatest desire was never met (in knowing what was happening, why, and the mechanics of it all). There are allusions to biblical apocalyptic literature, and prophecy, but it's clear that neither the characters, or the author, actually know what they're talking about (ironic given that one of the characters is supposedly an expert on the subject).

this could have been great, and the premise and beginning of the book are gripping. But it just never arrives. I actually didn't realise it was over until the Audible voice over came on.

PS. if you ever watched the namek saga in dragon ball z, with all the pointless filler and flashbacks, then you have already read this book.

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Yes. This. “You have to believe me…”

People hate this book because of the ending. I loved it. If you know anything about Tremblay, you know that his endings are careful and he’s not trying to piss you off.

This story is pretty harrowing but it’s a poignant analysis of the nature of faith and our belief in the impact we have on our futures, our world and each other. It took some time to feel like I understood the difference between the two protagonists (I struggled to keep their attitudes and actions separate and distinct) but I think this had to do with the narrator’s performance, which to me, was a bit like having a GPS tell me the story. I got over it eventually but it took about an hour to stop noticing it.

I liked this better than Head Full of Ghosts, which seems to get all of the attention. Please try this out knowing that narrative satisfaction is not coming your way but being open to discovering the countless curves and swerves that are designed to keep you wondering whether you really have your finger on the pulse of what is going on.

Very highly recommend.

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Ok story with monotonous narration

Plot was good, but the story lost momentum quickly and kind of sputtered out for me. The first few chapters kept me engaged and eager, the scene was set well and the invasion was thrilling... and then it just lost its umph. Narrator was not the best either, which I don't think helped the story out. The performance was completely spoken in a robotic tone that was monotonous and had no depth or change for characters - you really had to pay attention to work out who was meant to be talking, which usually doesn't happen when I listen to audiobooks. It would have been nice fo the narator to make more of an an effort to differentiate characters.

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A masterclass in poor narration

The narrator is bloody awful. sounds like ai from 2010. constantly detracts from the story.

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Story was quite good but couldn’t stand the narrator

Enjoyable story, some great concepts and the analogies were very thought provoking. Commentary on modern day issues which was refreshing. The narrator was insufferable.

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