Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

547 reviews

goldenpumpkin's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

scockroft's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.75

Brutal.  Gross.  Messed up.

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Content Warnings

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

dan_tee's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

2.75

Although I thought Cutters writing was good, Shelly ruined this book for me.

The addition of a pointless "crazed psychopath" killer did nothing but make me wish the book didn't have him in it. He was a boring, uninspired character who provided no more tension than the initial premise, and only served to detract from it. He wasn't believable, and it nearly made me stop reading the book. The more I think about it the more annoyed I am by this character, to the point that his pointlessness ruined an otherwise solidly good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Homophobia

itsyogirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

shelbys_shelves'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? Yes

4.0

The Troop was an absolutely wild ride that had me staring at the wall after finishing it. 

This book definitely takes inspiration from Lord Of The Flies. The story is about a group of boy scouts that go on a trip to a remote island with their scout master. They come across an extremely ill man, and quickly discover that the man is carrying a deadly virus. Things go downhill quickly, and the group becomes stranded on this remote island. They're trapped on the island with this horrifying virus, and even worse, they're trapped with each other. Their survival skills along with their morals are put to the ultimate test.

There were definitely gruesome and triggering scenes in this book, but it made for a perfect horror read that will stick with you for a long time. I would suggest looking up trigger warnings before reading, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

jully_bean's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Medical content, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

doolie's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Child death, and Chronic illness

djkwm's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

cretin's review against another edition

Writing was weird and off putting, I don’t care about any of the characters. Story/ plot is off from what I thought it would be. Also too much animal body horror stuff. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore

itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Cutter's descriptions are both vile and illuminating. Body horror with a spotlight on it to highlight every squirming maggot and fleshy lesion. The man does it so right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Vomit and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying