Reviews - The Troop | The StoryGraph

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2 stars because this really is a great horror book and I felt uncomfortable and nauseous each time I sat down to read it. The description of body horror and animal mutilation was awful, but Greta if that makes sense? That being said I couldn’t take it anymore and stoped at about 80% in. I’m still counting it though as a read!
Also everything is greasy. Greasy is used to describe way more things than it ever should have been.

kmrn's review against another edition

5.0

Don’t let my 5 star review fool you. I would never ever read this book again. It’s well written, not predictable and I guess I would say it kept my interest, but it’s super duper gory! It’s very disgusting! It’s not at all my type of book or genre, but for what it is, it’s a good book

kendalljaye's review against another edition

5.0

Bone-chilling, and I absolutely devoured it. So creepy I wished for a minute that I didn’t live alone.

inumakitoge's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

sandra_goodson's review against another edition

5.0

Is this the best story I ever read in my entire life?
No
Is this the best writing I ever encountered?
Also, no.
Is this a book that keeps you turning the pages to find out "what happens next?"
Hell fucking yes!

If you're a fan of Stephen King you'll love this book. It's gory and all that, yes, but not THAT gory. Like, American Psycho is way worse, lol.

Well and I skipped the part about the kitten. Oh, and yeah, also the turtle. I like dark, twisted things sometimes, but I'm not that depraved, I swear.

Anyway, really, this is one of the best books I've read in a long time. Give it a go if you like Horror. Compulsively readable... you won't be able to put it down. I know I couldn't.

kcpat's review against another edition

4.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mr_lancaster's review against another edition

4.0

The most unsettling aspect of The Troop by lies in the believability of its premise. I love stories that incorporate other points of view, and Nick Cutter expertly weaves in newspaper and magazine articles and court transcripts into this tale of a weekend scouting expedition gone horribly and terrifyingly awry.

groblin_reader's review against another edition

3.0

Nick Cutter is clearly a very skilled writer. If his one and only goal in life were to sound so exactly like Stephen King that readers have to Google whether Nick Cutter is a pen name of his, then Cutter can retire in triumph. (Turns out Nick Cutter is not, in fact, Stephen king, but a pen name for author Craig Davidson.)

The sentence-level writing and style of prose is certainly impressive, but the constant tendency toward tangential asides is very distracting, as is the weird King-esque out-of-date teenager lingo. I also personally take issue with the constant insertion of faux snippets from articles, scientific papers, and characters' journals that begin or end most chapters.

Ultimately, I'm not sure who this nasty book is meant to please. I love horror, but I still look for something more enjoyable than the grim, squirming, visceral brutality that this book has in spades.

Its last act redeemed it up to a third star for me, but I certainly didn't love the journey that brought me to that destination.