Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Troop by Nick Cutter

45 reviews

marselise's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The Troop was really good....and super gross. The horror doesn't just come from the worms that threaten to infect them all but from the evils of humans too. 
I enjoyed the use of the news articles and interview exerpts to convey information to the audience that the main characters do not have. And I really liked the characters, especially Newton.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Confinement

kristi_m's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is hard to describe... but I'll lay it out. It's gross. The descriptions are graphic and utterly disgusting. However, it's a really good read if you're able to stomach it. Storyline grows at a decent pace with some real unexpected reveals in some of the characters development. I picked this book up assuming it was gonna be like a basic zombie style book or something. But it wasn't! No zombies... but

spoiler alert and trigger warning for anyone who has issues with parasites and tape worms

I rated it so high because a book has never grossed me out and intrigued at the same time as much as this book did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Terminal illness, Gore, Confinement, and Body horror

emmalizzz's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Terminal illness, Medical content, Child death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Death, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Bullying

callisto_ursus's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Body shaming, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, Vomit, Terminal illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Death, and Child death

entityj's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Gore, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Animal death, Bullying, Cannibalism, Death, Excrement, Grief, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Vomit, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Confinement

kalfried's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

You certainly don’t want to put this book down, just be sure to read the content warnings before you pick it up! This is such a good horror book. The way cutter writes gives you such visceral reactions to the characters and what’s happening on the island and paints such a vivid picture that I found myself seeing worms moving on my arms while reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Confinement, Body horror, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Animal death, Death, Child death, and Animal cruelty

whatathymeitwas's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.0

Well that was certainly a trip. Fairly decent read, not my typical kind of horror, but not bad as a refresher between other subgenres. It's a pretty solid three for me personally, and I could see this potentially being pretty polarizing for people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Grief, Self harm, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape

lottieingham's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Delightfully disgusting! One of the best horror novels I’ve had the pleasure of reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Blood, Death, Violence, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Confinement, Body shaming, Cursing, Medical trauma, Suicide, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Grief, Bullying, Mental illness, and Vomit

Definitely not for the faint-hearted or squeamish. I’m an avid horror fan and even I found parts of this book difficult to get through (though loved it overall)! Proceed with caution if you’re triggered by gore / body horror / animal abuse.

noveltay's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

This was a very… interesting read. If you like horror, gore, animal torture, and kids trying to survive a deadly virus… this is the book for you!

MAJOR SPOILERS:

Fuck Shelley. It pains me to know that no one knows what happened to Kent. Poor Newt. Eef?! How horrible what happened to him.. and Max has to live with all of this (or does he?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

avadmt's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Violence