Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

34 reviews

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

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Child death, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Self harm, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Bullying

mvanhaas's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming

youreawizardjerry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

GROSS.
and...strangely emotional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Physical abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Bullying and Fatphobia

glitterpeach's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Self harm, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Cursing, Excrement, and Panic attacks/disorders

verafa1ry's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

noveltay's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a very… interesting read. If you like horror, gore, animal torture, and kids trying to survive a deadly virus… this is the book for you!

MAJOR SPOILERS:

Fuck Shelley. It pains me to know that no one knows what happened to Kent. Poor Newt. Eef?! How horrible what happened to him.. and Max has to live with all of this (or does he?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

ionagr's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Chronic illness, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Body horror

ejr1904's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

4.0

Grotesque. 

This is one of the only books that physically impacted me. The scenes are so visceral. First third is great, middle third is gag inducing, final third made it all worth it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit

clunttoo's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Child death, Child abuse, Murder, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Gore, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Blood, Sexual content, and Vomit