Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

31 reviews

courtnyklly's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Torture, and Self harm

Moderate: Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Murder, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

netsreik's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Gave me the creepy crawly, icky feeling, but very well written. Great imagery and descriptions.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Body horror, Cannibalism, Self harm, Violence, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Gun violence, and Toxic friendship

entityj's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Gore, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Animal death, Bullying, Cannibalism, Death, Excrement, Grief, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Vomit, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Confinement

regi_23's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Violence, Self harm, Physical abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child death, Blood, Bullying, and Animal cruelty

lottieingham's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Delightfully disgusting! One of the best horror novels I’ve had the pleasure of reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Blood, Death, Violence, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Confinement, Body shaming, Cursing, Medical trauma, Suicide, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Grief, Bullying, Mental illness, and Vomit

Definitely not for the faint-hearted or squeamish. I’m an avid horror fan and even I found parts of this book difficult to get through (though loved it overall)! Proceed with caution if you’re triggered by gore / body horror / animal abuse.

bruinrocks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

3.75

This was an enjoyable novel. The authors created a scarily believable premise.

A bioengineered tape worm that is supposed to help with weight loss but turns extremely dangerous and eats the host from the inside out.

The scout troop gets trapped on the island after it’s quarantined, each falling into a darkness of their own. With no help or word from the outside world the boys must do their best with the things they have to survive the weekend. A well written body horror with a little mix of technothriller, this gross out fiction isn’t for those with a weak stomach. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Cannibalism, Child death, and Animal death

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

annakinskywalker's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

This book was intense. It took me a couple weeks to read but it was well worth it. I loved the way the book was formatted with the court transcript and newspaper articles intermixed. In the acknowledgments, Cutter says he was inspired by King's similar use of multiple sources to tell a narrative in Carrie, a book I enjoyed greatly for that reason. I was constantly trying to guess how it would all unfurl at the end. It was gripping and gory and impossible to put down. I'm excited to pick up more from Nick Cutter in the future!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Murder, Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Bullying

Minor: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Vomit, and Eating disorder

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

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Excrement, and Fatphobia