Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

71 reviews

voxlunae's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.5

Man, this book is fucking gross. So disturbing sometimes. I grimaced through whole scenes, several times. However, I really enjoyed the writing and I burned through it in two sittings. I always advocate for more diverse characters and strong female characters, but given that this is about Boy Scouts and inspired by Lord of the Flies, the homogeneity isn't surprising. I give it a pass. Really taut storytelling, a horrifying threat, some heartbreaking scenes, and all the skin-crawling disgust you could ask for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, and Self harm

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Confinement, Cannibalism, and Cursing

alsavini'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Eating disorder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Child death, Cannibalism, Fatphobia, Gore, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

jvr1210's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Death, Excrement, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

silverwings95's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Suicide, Body shaming, Bullying, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Confinement, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Cursing, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Excrement

areti22's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Gore, Cannibalism, Bullying, Death, Murder, and Animal death

amsswim's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If you are into horror I highly recommend this one. Atmosphere and story were there for me even listening to the audiobook, gave me chills a few times lol. Def go through the trigger warnings though as needed, the descriptions were detailed. Alternating POVs were really good here too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Body shaming, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Animal death, Body horror, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Cannibalism, Cancer, Abandonment, and Vomit

soaphest's review against another edition

not sure how to rate this. imo it was a good book but i wouldn’t re-read it or recommend it to anyone, because aside from the fact that i did think it was well-written with a decent story and set of characters it didn’t provide me with anything special or any sense of fulfilment. moreover this book was very heavy on the animal cruelty and some of the sequences were so jarring that had to skip over it because it became very upsetting, and i don’t think this level of detail in the descriptions was necessary aside from providing shock value. ultimately, i did not think that this book was scary or frightening, just sad, disgusting and tragic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Child death, Gore, Torture, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Vomit, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Cannibalism, Xenophobia, and Forced institutionalization

mbayram's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Fatphobia, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Gore

Moderate: Cannibalism, Cursing, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture

Minor: Stalking, Vomit, and Sexual content

It's wild. Went into this book blind except I knew it was intense and crazy and that's absolutely true. It's one of the best books I've read in a while. The writing is great and the characters are well rounded. Definitely had me squirming in my seat!

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

challenging 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

This was such a tough book to get through. I loved the premise, Nick Cuttlet set up such a world of dread and constant fear, the writing and overall theme was so well done. But the level of animal cruelty really got to me. I know, I know....human cruelty is fine but animal cruelty makes me squeamish? I don't get it either but the way he wrote was just so....vivid and compelling that it gave me such a visceral reaction. I really had to push myself past the 3/4th point into the final quarter because it was just....a lot. For that reason I would have rated it higher but that took a lot out for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Body shaming, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Self harm

Moderate: Violence, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Vomit

kimskankwalker's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism, Confinement, Excrement, Fatphobia, Police brutality, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis