![]() ![]() It doesn’t help that the four strangers feel like archetypes of villains instead of fully fleshed human beings. The terrific premise can only be sustained for so long though, and its third act stumbles. I had to stop reading for a while because the strangers trying to break into the cabin gave me anxiety! The Cabin at the End of the World is a claustrophobic horror story with intense storytelling. The beginning is well-crafted and superbly strained. ![]() “And they realize again, in this darkest hour of the darkest day, they remain alone, fundamentally alone.” While Eric and Andrew descend into confusion and panic, the four strangers are adamant. Weapons in hand, they demand to be let in. A perfect getaway from the city, until four strangers turn up at the cabin. Married couple, Eric and Andrew, and their adopted daughter Wen, are on vacation in a cabin in the middle of nowhere. ![]()
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