⭐⭐/5 stars.
“No matter how bleak or dire, end-of-the-world scenarios appeal to us because we take meaning from the end... there's also undeniable allure to witnessing the beginning of the end and perishing alone with everyone and everything else.”
"The Cabin at the End of the World", centers around seven-year-old Wen and her two dads who are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. 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".
I can see why maybe this plot would intrigue many people and for brief moments it definitely had me in engaged and wanting to know what would happen or what exactly was going on. But here's the thing, I find with fiction whether it be literary or fantasy, if it just mainly focuses on the plot and the characters without giving much attention to setting and atmosphere then I'm more than likely not going to be engaged. Also, I found this book to be very crude and lots of babbling dialogue.
I had heard from several people on booktube that this book will, "blow your mind" and "completely shock you" and there was certain parts that I didn't necessarily see coming, but I certainly wasn't left in a state of awe. I think overall, this book just wasn't for me, but I'm glad I gave it a chance and that it was short enough that I didn't spend too much time on it.
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