Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

64 reviews

pterodog's review

adventurous challenging dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Murder, and Cursing

Moderate: Toxic friendship

lottieingham's review

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.

---

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.

sexualedward's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Self harm, Torture, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Toxic friendship, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Gun violence, Confinement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Cursing, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol and Bullying

sydneylive's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Violence, Bullying, Animal death, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

sassafrasrewts's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit and Fatphobia

isabelashley'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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fatphobia, Death, Cursing, Confinement, and Child death

Minor: Cannibalism

sarahjoy1997's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, and Violence

mostlyliterate's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense fast-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? No

4.75

so so good!! this is going to be one of my go to horror recs 

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, Medical content, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Cannibalism, Cursing, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, and Toxic friendship

olenam312's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.25

It was kind of a drag to get through this book, which is unfortunate bc this had a lot of horror tropes I personally enjoy. However, I found the ending to be pretty well done and probably the only reason I didn’t give this book a lower score.

My opinion of this book really went downhill once it was revealed that Shelley was a huge creep via details I wish I didn’t have to read.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Cannibalism, and Homophobia

bullfrog's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

After a long drought of reading, this was my first dive back in. I was able to read this in about a week and half. This book is definitely not for the faint of heart. Ot explored themes of survival, sickness, derangement and death. That being said author Nick Cutter did a good job without depressing the reader to the point where you would want to put the book down. The story maintains a glimmer of hope that leads to a minute amount of satisfaction. This was a gruesome story but I enjoyed it.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, and Animal cruelty