Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

240 reviews

gperez8's review against another edition

Too unsettling, maybe because all the bad stuff was all happening to children. The science part was intriguing, however I couldn't stomach the boys portions, especially when they started turning on each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

withsquared's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Vomit, Murder, Body shaming, Child death, Body horror, Torture, Death, Violence, Gore, Terminal illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Bullying, Blood, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Confinement, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Misogyny and Homophobia

zorroschance's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Self harm, and Gore

rebekahmccubbins's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

A truly disgusting read. I would have finished this sooner, but I kept getting itchy reading it. Fantastically written, but a tough read if

you're bothered by parasites/bugs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Animal death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Bullying, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, War, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Misogyny, Cursing, Fatphobia, Sexism, Suicide, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

ktakeeley's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Death, Self harm, and Gore

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Death of parent

chicaso's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Animal death, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Gore, Medical content, Body horror, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Violence, Confinement, Death, and Excrement

geneius's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

this was fucking nasty. holy fucking shit. HUGE trigger warning for animal death and animal cruelty. like…. huge. i had to skip pages and skim read parts because i know myself and knew this book wasn’t worth sacrificing my mental health. i would’ve rated it a bit higher had those sections not been in the book, i understand backstory but jesus we get it! overall though this was great, the author’s writing style and the blurbs of interviews and news clippings and emails was really cool, i love when authors do that. i loved the kiddos (mostly… shelley can go fuck himself) and i loved the premise and the scenery despite some passages making me gag, even with me not being easily bothered by gore. this also made me want to  re-read lord of the flies, lol. i went into this book 90% blind and i’d say do the same if you feel like you want to read this. would i recommend this to just anyone though? absolutely not! fuck you nick cutter, i’m gonna think about this book and process everything for a long while!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Self harm, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Animal death

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

duke_elligos's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It was a bit difficult for me to get into the story at first, I'm not sure I entirely like how Nick Cutter writes. I don't love how much animal harm is in the book. I almost DNF it, but I kept reading and I ended up hooked by the tense atmosphere and the character interactions. I really started to care about (most of) the characters and found that I needed to keep reading.
It's a messed up story, but that's exactly what I signed up for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Gore, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, and Self harm

Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Medical content

j_yarbrough's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Self harm, Torture, Animal cruelty, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, and Blood

annie_green's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I really liked what you did here. There were some very terrifying moments that I had to stop in order to cry. There was even one incident where I just had to leave the room I was reading it in to just gather myself. Some nice moments that were sweet especially how their friendship was shown. I felt disgusted going through this but finished feeling better somehow.

I was wondering when the other type of worm would show up and I was surprised. I loved that email from the little girl.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Self harm, Animal cruelty, and Eating disorder