Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

51 reviews

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Violence, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Body shaming, Self harm, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Bullying, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Medical content

Minor: Cursing

atalea's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Animal death, Blood, Eating disorder, Violence, Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, and Body horror

Moderate: Confinement, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Bullying, Fatphobia, Excrement, Gaslighting, Torture, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

photogenicegg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

1.5

It was not scary in the way I thought it would be. I thought it would keep me up at night, but it was just disgusting gore that made me want to puke at times. And wtf was that ending? Bogus.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Bullying, Medical content, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Excrement, Vomit, and Police brutality

saint_eleanor's review

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-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? No

5.0

I was so pleasantly surprised by this!! I was expecting like 80’s goop horror and instead i got a hybrid of Lord of the Flies ,  Russian Sleep Experiment ,  &  Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. All wrapped up in like a devastating painting of boyhood.

I was so sad that Newt got infected and also that Ephraim went crazy bc of Shelley-thing. Rest in peace baby boys.

i want a sequel! Reading this book is like watching the worm-fight scene from the movie Splice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Self harm, Child death, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Animal death, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Gore

Minor: Abandonment and Excrement

Sooo gorey and gorey animal death

sapphire_mayo's review against another edition

I'm just too squeamish for it even though I'm liking everything else about it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Animal cruelty, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, and Body horror

keyofthekey's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Dysphoria, Cursing, Violence, Gore, Excrement, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Death, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

queergoth_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

2.75

I had high hopes for this book as I had heard a lot about it. It was a cool concept but it didn't really do it for me. It felt like a Stephen King book. And by that I mean the writing style felt so similar that if you had told me it was Stephen king I would have whole heartedly believed it. And I think that's one of the main reasons I didn't enjoy it. I love horror but I want to expand past King and this didn't do that at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Self harm, Medical trauma, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit, Fatphobia, and Excrement

mechtimber's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Vomit, Eating disorder, and Self harm

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, and Excrement

caro_mac's review

dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Bullying, Cannibalism, Confinement, Body shaming, Medical content, Physical abuse, Death, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Minor: Vomit, Excrement, and Suicide

autumnrevisited's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This is one of the worst books I’ve ever read. Not because it was bad but because it was so gross and detailed in a way that is just viscerally unnerving. Impressive writing but fucking hell. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Child death, Gore, Animal death, Excrement, Murder, Abandonment, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Blood, Death, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicide, Violence, Cursing, Medical trauma, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Torture and Sexual content