Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

71 reviews

loonyruni2's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Bullying, Gore, and Blood

courtnyklly's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Torture, and Self harm

Moderate: Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Murder, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

nataliemaria's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

kyra_joy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Murder, Gore, Cannibalism, Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, and Child death

netsreik's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Gave me the creepy crawly, icky feeling, but very well written. Great imagery and descriptions.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Body horror, Cannibalism, Self harm, Violence, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Gun violence, and Toxic friendship

waverlyloyd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book was good & very intriguing. However, i’m not a fan of overtly gross stuff. like blood doesn’t gross me out but when sickness is described in detail, it really freaks me out so this book was super gross LOL. it was really good though and a super interesting concept. one I could see the government absolutely doing. I just gave it 3.5 ⭐️ because it grossed me out so much 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Murder, Torture, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Body horror, Medical trauma, and Blood

soppysays's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Vomit, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Child death, and Violence

jackalopecore's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Vomit, Body shaming, Murder, Cannibalism, Bullying, and Torture

Minor: Excrement, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

coralinejones's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

As somebody who loves horror, loves mystery, loves coming of age storylines, and loved "Shonen" media growing up, me not loving this disappoints me. It wasn't the graphic, disgustingly described body gore, or the way the male characters spoke to each other, or the ignorance of the adults, or the insanity of the plot that upset me. The premise is what got me hooked in the first place. I'm obsessed with it, it's what kept me going until the end of this because I needed to see how this was going to end. But I Hated the writing. Goddddd I hated the writing. Way too many similes used for absolutely no reason, I found myself rolling my eyes half the time, or even laughing/making fun of them every time they popped up. Like we get it. Show us, not tell us. Not to mention, Cutter's writing is a little basic. I like a more challenging read, this wasn't it.

I wish the characters had a bit more life to them. They were explained in a series of tropes in the beginning of the book and that was, for the most part, all we were given with them? I know character description and development isn't the big point of this book, and there were more horrors to uncover than "The Fat One" or "The Big Jock", but I found myself disengaged at certain points because of this? Like, I could find these boys in literally any coming-of-age movie/tv show with an all male cast. Stranger Things, Stand By Me, The Outsiders, The Goonies... Nothing original.

However... The parts of this book that were good were honestly TOO good. I found myself glued to the pages until the story cut away (for a news report or a flashback, which are littered throughout the chapters) and then I was uninterested again until the plot picked back up. The conversations between the characters were heartfelt and felt realistic at times. The world building could've been better, but what we got was honestly stunning.

If the characters weren't so cliché, if the writing was better, and if the plot wasn't straightforward and predictable, I would've rated this higher. I can't say I'd recommend this to anyone (not with the graphic body gore, obscene animal abuse for no reason, and the okay writing), nor would I read this again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body horror, Animal death, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, and Cannibalism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Cursing

kuukun's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Body horror, Cannibalism, Animal death, Self harm, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Suicide attempt

Absolutely not for sensitive readers.