Horror Bookclub at Olympia Downtown Library

Welcome to the Spooky Spooky Book Club!

** This is a new location! Please read! **
Our group is growing larger, and so I decided to try something different. I booked some space at the Olympia Timberland Library. The time is different (5pm instead of our usual 4pm) so please keep that in mind! We'll meet in the main lobby in the library 10 minutes before so we can start and make the best use of our time.

So without further ado.

Book of the Month: The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

Book Summary
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.

You can check the trigger warnings at the bottom, or dive in blind if you prefer a surprise.

Don’t worry if you haven’t finished the book, we’ll start by chatting about whatever spooky (or not-so-spooky) reads we’re enjoying before diving into the featured title. Come for the eerie atmosphere, stay for the lively conversations and, of course, the cats, because let’s be honest, that’s why you’re really here, isn’t it? <--- I guess this isn't true anymore :(

Questions? Feel free to drop a comment or message me (Gonzalo) for more details. Hope to see you there!

Trigger Warnings: The Cabin at the End of the World delves into themes of:
• Homophobia, hate crimes recounted, and anti-gay sentiment
The main couple is queer, and the narrative includes homophobic hostility, including slurs and hate crime references.
• Home invasion, captivity, and threats of violence
• Violence, injury, and blood
• Death and murder
• Child endangerment and child death
• Gun violence
• Psychological distress, fear, and gaslighting style dynamics
• Grief and traumatic loss
• Religious themes and potential religious bigotry
• Apocalyptic catastrophe and disaster content

Please approach these topics with care and self-awareness as you read.