Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

28 reviews

smolhandsdan's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Death, Gore, Animal death, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Child abuse, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Self harm, Violence, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Torture

vyralvyris's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is the first horror book I've read in a while that I just cannot wait to read again.  Can't wait for the movie to suck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, and Fatphobia

Brutal animal testing, cruelty, and death including insects, a sea turtle, a chimpanzee, a cat, and others I cannot directly recall

spooky_taylor's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Gaslighting, Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic friendship, and Self harm

Moderate: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Vomit, and Suicide

Minor: Police brutality and Body shaming

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

pholcidae's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Written in a horrific but beautiful prose. The use of language keeps your brain working overdrive to figure out what’s happening. I didn’t put this book down once I’d started it!

4.75 just because, due to personal preference, the book didn’t scare me. It’s certainly gross, awfully descriptive, and tense, but I fear the Big Bad is introduced too soon which dampened any sense of terror I may have felt. Otherwise a book I would recommend any fans of horror in general should read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Animal death, Torture, Violence, Suicide, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, and Child death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Minor: Sexual content

charlieeee's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Gore, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Self harm, Torture, Pandemic/Epidemic, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Bullying, Vomit, and Blood

Minor: Police brutality, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization

bites_of_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

I buddy read this with a friend and I'm very glad that I did because I needed to talk about it with someone as I read certain parts of this book. We follow a group of boys and their scout leader as they face the horrors of someone showing up at their camp with some strange illness. The things that happen in the cabin and then in the woods are brutal and really make the kids do things that no one should ever have to do. Some of the kids try their best to act rationally while others... well, they choose to do things differently. I will not say much because this book should be experienced without knowing too much about what's happening. 
Please check content warnings, do not eat while eating, and just read with care. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Violence, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Torture, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Confinement

rosaelia's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow, this one was absolutely amazing.
I dropped (not DNF'd; I'll pick it back up eventually) Cows for this one. And boy oh boy, am I glad that I did.

I grew to love

the last character, Max.

The ending was somewhat confusing, though?

Did Max end up actually infected? If so, how? Did the worms stay dormant and hidden inside of him somehow?

Anyway, it was a fabulous read! Sort of a slow start once it focuses on the boys, but it was very worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Fatphobia, Death, Self harm, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Child death, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Torture, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing and Vomit

Minor: Excrement and Alcohol

priscillarobock's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Spiders, worms

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

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