Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

255 reviews

vvlyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

crispr_breadboard's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

The trigger warnings are true. Graphic means graphic. I could barely muster up the heart to continue reading any of the animal scenes. It was gut-wrenching. The villains of the story were well developed, I loved the twists and turns, and the fact I teetered between characters when trying to see who (if any) would survive. Loved the different types of media- from third person narrative, to interviews, to lab experiments, to indictments, to even an advertisement (corny photos and all). Really cool stuff. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Police brutality, and Abandonment

Insects - GRAPHIC Illness - GRAPHIC

priscillarobock's review

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

layc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Murder

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

rattgurl's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

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

thereadingdude's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

lilitalybabe's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic