Tremblay’s strength is his ability to ratchet up the tension while consistently confounding the reader’s expectations. Landlines are cut and tires are slashed.Įven as Eric, Andrew, and Wen hastily barricade themselves in the cabin, it is not much of a spoiler to say that their refuge is far from secure.īut the clichés in this novel are limited to the set-up.
All the boxes are checked to assure the readers that there is no easy escape: The closest neighbor is two miles away the road to the cabin is hardly traveled cellphone reception is nonexistent. Paul Tremblay’s The Cabin at the End of the World opens with this well-trod horror trope: the family terrorized by strangers during a home invasion.
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