Reviews

The Acolyte by Nick Cutter

schmendez's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

3.5

rjgillmor's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

🎧 - Geez, Cutter can really make you uncomfortable. There are places that live similar to this now. Some countries in the Middle East are under Sharia law, North Korean citizens are “compelled” to rat out family members for crimes against the state. If you aren’t vigilant, this can happen anywhere. Every religion thinks they are the only correct one and the rest shouldn’t exist. 

wholewheatwhale's review

3.0

Not nearly as good as his other two works. It lacked the atmosphere that made The Troop and The Deep so engrossing. It was interesting in its own way, a take on the destructive uses of religion. All in all a so-so read.

franklyfrank's review

5.0

Holy hell. I may need a few days to process this book.

Either way, Nick Cutter, like Sylvain Neuvel, Lavie Tidhar and Christopher Moore are authors who I’ll read EVERYTHING they’ll put out.

radbear76's review

2.0

The actual writing was good but the plot, character development, and technical mistakes (frogs and toads are different things, suicide bombers heads are usually found intact) worked against it.

mcislovely's review

3.0

3.5. Not nearly as disturbing as The Troop but still pretty upsetting.

~SPOILERS~

I don’t love the treatment of women in the book. It’s spotty at best. I was disappointed with the handling abortion of scene - in particular the aftermath. It felt like an easy out.

All of that to say that it’s worth a read if you’re into dystopian religious nightmares!

obair's review

3.0

I love Nick Cutter- but this is my least favorite of his. Still amazing writing, I think he was really trying to find his voice in this one really interesting story just not very developed characters in my opinion. Again will absolutely read everything and anything he writes. Need to check out his non horror/Science fiction stuff still!

aimee4000's review

challenging dark reflective medium-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

3.0

shaanananaaa's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

bombegranate's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

2.0