Tremblay has an incredible way of creating absolutely gut and heart wrenching stories. Cabin at the End of the World broke my heart and Disappearance at Devil's Rock did too.

Tremblay did an amazing job of creating dynamics that felt realistic with his characters, especially among the members of the family. They felt like real people and that made the turn of events all the more horrible and heartbreaking. It also made the story all the more realistic and felt like something that could plausibly happen.

The character of Rooney was a fascinating one. I actually read his voice in the last couple chapters as like how a recent podcast on the Manson family imitated Manson himself (Last Podcast on the Left, if you're wondering). That made him an altogether eery and frightening character. 

Overall, the eeriest and most frightening part of this work is that there were two possibilities that were both equally terrifying. Either something paranormal was going on or it was all human-made madness. Cabin played with similar possibilities and Tremblay pulls off both incredibly.

Final thought: 

Final rating: 5/5

Wow...

I picked this as my Halloween bingo's “Genre Mystery” and It totally fitted the bill.

Straight away Paul Tremblay Slams you into the tale with a Disturbing plot opening.That one Nightmare I think every parent would dread. A late night phone call from their son's friend That then Pulls you in to a an addicting and fast Gut Wrenching story. That Really makes it as draining for you emotionally, as it does the characters in the book!

This Tale had me in it's grip. I carried this around on my kindle and for 3 days I was speaking to everybody who would listen about it! This is the second book I've read of Paul's the first one being his A head Full of ghosts. Which is just as good as this.

This was a psychological suspense of a ride and a truly Genre Mystery on the notes of horror and a book I Highly recommend.

I did not expect to like this book as much as I did. I thought Paul Tremblay's last novel, A Head Full Of Ghosts, was okay — I gave it three stars — but nothing extraordinary or memorable. I felt it borrowed too liberally from other, better horror works of the past, and it all resulted in a 'meh' experience for me overall. It kept me guessing until the end, and I thought the relationship between the two main characters — young sisters — was extremely well-written. I could take or leave everything else in that one, though.

Here we are, a year later, and Tremblay's latest novel is out. I snapped up Disappearance at Devil's Rock a couple of months back and put it on the back-burner for whenever I needed a breezy, fun read. With the Booklikes Halloween Bingo quickly approaching (Goodreads people: check the link to my Booklikes account in my bio for more details!), I needed a quick thriller to hold me over for a day or two. I didn't want to get involved in an ambitious, lengthy work and risk getting started on the bingo a few days late. Tremblay to the rescue! I decided to give this book a whirl, and I was hooked from page one.

This is a story about a thirteen year old boy who goes missing in the woods. There is more to it than that, of course, but that's the jumping off point and the event around which everything orbits. Within the first few pages Tremblay sunk his claws into me, making the excruciating fear of losing someone very real. I am not a parent, but I felt for mother Elizabeth in her desperate search for her son. The author drew the family dynamic well, and everyone — Tommy, the missing boy; Kate, his sister; his mother; his friends; the eventual antagonist — is written with incredible depth and plausibility. I felt for each character, and understood their motivations and fears and ideas. This is an author who clearly cares about the people he populates his stories with. I especially enjoyed reading the sections involving Tommy, Luis, and Josh. Tremblay certainly knows how to write teenage boys -- the way they talk and behave felt very true to me while reading, often bringing to mind things my friends and I did and talked about at that age.

Above all, this is a mystery/thriller novel with healthy doses of horror thrown in. It had me in its clutches to the end, and I wish it was longer. Like A Head Full Of Ghosts, Disappearance at Devil's Rock kept me guessing the whole time and the ending absolutely stunned me. I did not see it coming. This is a fine suspense novel of the highest order, and I cannot wait to see what Paul Tremblay does next!