Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

296 reviews

canofbookworms's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I'm so glad I didn't leave Nick Cutter behind after reading "The Deep" because this was fantastic! There is still animal cruelty and death that was hard for me to read, but it was more necessary to the story as a whole. 

It definitely didn't come off as being nearly as gratuitous as it was in "The Deep." 

The descriptions are vivid and the world-building is amazing, I highly recommend "The Troop!"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Animal death, Bullying, and Child death

weed_babushka's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Body horror

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Child death

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

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

kmd8582'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

anne_eventually's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

like a really f-ed up Stand By Me. full of gore and guts and things that hurt my stomach (no pun intended). I loved the ending, but I thought it could go without the animal parts 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

lassossa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Had to skip a few pages because of the animal cruelty. This book is not for the weak. I won’t forget this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Body horror, Terminal illness, Bullying, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, and Torture