Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

3 reviews

that_cow_girl's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

This book simultaneously disgusted me and broke my heart. It didn’t take long for things to start happening and then it just kept coming. This book literally wormed its way into my head and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. It also referenced Anne of Green Gables twice which is my favorite book, and I thought it was hilarious that THIS was the book it was referenced in. I loved the characters of the Scouts. Each boy was so unique and fascinating. I DID have to skip the part about

Shelley killing his mom’s cat. I can handle a lot of gore and all that, but cats and dogs I can’t handle. I also sobbed my eyes out at the part with the turtle.

if you like nasty books, consider this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical trauma, Cursing, Fatphobia, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Torture, Animal death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Gaslighting, Self harm, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Child death, Eating disorder, Confinement, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Abandonment, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

randanopterix's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book is an absolute fucking nightmare, I mean this in the best way possible. 
Not for even the remotely faint of heart, I usually have a strong stomach for media like this but event I had to avoid the book for a couple of days when my real life got stressful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Suicide, Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Torture, Blood, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Body horror, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Child death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Abandonment, Confinement, Abortion, Miscarriage, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Fatphobia, Grief, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

babydog420's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Excrement, and Vomit

Moderate: Pregnancy, Violence, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Fatphobia, Grief, and Bullying

Truly cannot overemphasize how gross/yucky/icky the body horror in this book is. Expect vivid descriptions of extremely unpleasant bodily functions and experiences, for both humans and animals. I love things that make me squeamish but even I won't soon forget some of the imagery in this book.