Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

251 reviews

artsears's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

3.5

I came into this book warned about the ‘turtle scene.’ I come away from this book warning you about the kitten scene. I hated every second of it and, one I realised what was happening, had to skip past a lot of it. The warning about animal cruelty a lot of people are posting is 100% real, PLEASE keep it in mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Self harm, and Murder

If you take issue with body horror, written gore, animal cruelty, parasites or mutilation this is not the book for you

dais_111's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

This book will stay with me for a while! As well as being gruesome and horrifying it also tells a tale of friendship and growing up. Will definitely stick with me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Torture, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

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

shelbylanglois's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jaimelouise06's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Death and Self harm

frekdal's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

_cararichardson's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I’m not really sure how to review this book. Possibly the most disturbing book I’ve ever read, but with great twists, characters, format, and themes. Best way to describe it is Stephen King meets Lord of the Flies, which the author did in fact use as a reference. I was thoroughly disturbed or afraid throughout the entirety of this book, despite that I couldn’t put it down. Really, a crazy book that made all the right plot decisions 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, and Self harm

lollipup's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

The beginning of the book absolutely hooked me. It was disgusting and scary in all the right ways. But I got lost along the way when it became more like a take on Lord of the Flies. Also if you can't handle animal cruelty and violence (like me) you will probably have to skip over certain parts or dnf as I almost did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

cowbrotherx's review against another edition

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