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The Troop

Nick Cutter

3.81 AVERAGE


Good concept but I didn't like the writing style and I felt more grossed out than scared.

The Ruins meets Lord of the Flies
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DID NOT FINISH

Boring

Gave me the heebie jeebies. Made me want to wash my hands more often. Left me thinking about the story for days after I finished.
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious fast-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: Yes

4.5 or 4.75 lol. If you think you can handle it (I mean your stomach can handle it) go ahead. It was soooo graphiv that smt I took breaks and read another book.

Super dull.
I tried to read this several times because I really felt like I’d love it, based on the premise.
However the storytelling is awful … all telling, no showing and lots of time spent with the narrators rambling about distant past events. Just couldn’t get into it, no matter how hard I tried. No star-rating.


Audio:
The narrator was hard to take, as he sounded more like AI than a human—which, if I enjoyed, I could just have Siri or Alexa read my much-cheaper eBooks to me. His voice is okay, and if he didn’t have the bot-vibe going on, he’d have been great.
As it stands, 2-stars for performance.
And the overall sound quality isn’t good, there’s echoing and other issues. 2-stars for production.

Lord of the flies meets The Thing.

14 year olds these days...