Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

47 reviews

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

keen's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Grief, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Bullying

Minor: Excrement

sassafrasrewts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit and Fatphobia

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

isabelashley's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fatphobia, Death, Cursing, Confinement, and Child death

Minor: Cannibalism

bullfrog's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

After a long drought of reading, this was my first dive back in. I was able to read this in about a week and half. This book is definitely not for the faint of heart. Ot explored themes of survival, sickness, derangement and death. That being said author Nick Cutter did a good job without depressing the reader to the point where you would want to put the book down. The story maintains a glimmer of hope that leads to a minute amount of satisfaction. This was a gruesome story but I enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, and Animal cruelty

maggotea's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Excrement, and Gun violence