Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

6 reviews

silverwings95's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Suicide, Body shaming, Bullying, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Confinement, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Cursing, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Excrement

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

challenging 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

This was such a tough book to get through. I loved the premise, Nick Cuttlet set up such a world of dread and constant fear, the writing and overall theme was so well done. But the level of animal cruelty really got to me. I know, I know....human cruelty is fine but animal cruelty makes me squeamish? I don't get it either but the way he wrote was just so....vivid and compelling that it gave me such a visceral reaction. I really had to push myself past the 3/4th point into the final quarter because it was just....a lot. For that reason I would have rated it higher but that took a lot out for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Body shaming, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Self harm

Moderate: Violence, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Vomit

dayofthetabi's review

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? Yes

1.0

This book isn’t scary. I love horror. This isn’t it. This is gross. The fat phobia is astounding. Had this been written in the 70s or 80s, okay terrible but ‘‘twas the times. 2014? And every single character has an issue with someone being overweight? Every single one? Go suck on an egg. 

The animal violence is also just for violence sake. Most was not needed. In fact half this book was just not needed. Cut the page count turn it into a novella for those who enjoy torture films and be done. Because this was awful, not because it was violent, but because it took great works with lessons and just ruined them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Body horror, Gore, Violence, Body shaming, Child death, Fatphobia, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Bullying, and Torture

Moderate: Physical abuse, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Excrement and Domestic abuse

graceexe's review against another edition

dark 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

2.75

forced myself to finish it. i wouldn’t call this horror fiction, just a cheap attempt to gross people out 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Animal cruelty, Torture, Gore, Vomit, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Child death, and Animal death

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Physical abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse

dezaraemd's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Medical content, Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Self harm

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, War, and Domestic abuse

deathdetectivel's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

The books starts very slowly but once the story picked up, I couldn't put it down! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Animal death, Medical trauma, and Self harm

Moderate: Body shaming, Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury