Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

436 reviews

pbraue13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Murder

delicateteacup's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow, just wow. I absolutely loved this book. I thrive to find more books like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Fatphobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

philodora's review

challenging dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

dirtydumpster's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

This was a really great read. It has the perfect pace and the right amount of tense atmosphere to keep you feeling on edge throughout. The characters were well fleshed out, and the plot was goofy to me at first but whew, that changed quick. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Fatphobia and Homophobia

sykamor's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

Fancy seeing you here, gollum...

I enjoyed this. It was tense and creepy. I mainly took away stars because there are a few glaring animal related inaccuracies that really took me out of the story. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys horror though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

elisedasnarechick's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gore, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, and Vomit

afuabemareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Wow. This book was so complicated and disturbing. It did take me a while to read and at some points, I feel as though the gore was unnecessary. If you want to gross yourself out, this is the book for you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Violence, and Murder

alynnhays's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I don't read many horror books, except for Stephen King's works, but I really enjoy a story about an out of control infection. Although this book had a lot of gore, it was mostly sci-fi in nature, which I can handle. The tension in the scenes was so palpable that I would literally tense up and make faces while reading. Overall, I loved it. The alternating timeline between the court proceedings and the island added to the mysterious atmosphere, but there was one storyline,

Shelley's

, that I didn't enjoy. I felt it was unnecessary and the story already had enough tension without his

psychopathic

plotline. Personally, I thought it weakened the whole story. I even skipped a chapter because of the content and it has zero impact on the overall story. But, maybe I'm just more of a sci-fi nerd!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, and Murder

shadowykittenwizard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury