Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

163 reviews

alitas123's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

linoswalt's review

I have read a lot of fucked up shit but I just couldn’t with Shelley. 

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Content Warnings

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

smolhandsdan's review

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Gaslighting

vyralvyris's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

This is the first horror book I've read in a while that I just cannot wait to read again.  Can't wait for the movie to suck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, and Fatphobia

Brutal animal testing, cruelty, and death including insects, a sea turtle, a chimpanzee, a cat, and others I cannot directly recall

animebloodqueen's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Be prepared for Chapter 29. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Medical content, Grief, and Cannibalism

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, and Abandonment

spooky_taylor's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body shaming and Police brutality

jamiee_f's review

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.0

This book was so hyped up, I was prepared to love it! A supernatural/menacing force collides with a boy scout troop on a remote island? Oooh!

However, what this actually ended up being was a gross lord of the flies retelling with more animal abuse and more sociopathic boys. Not sure what the takeaway was supposed to be with this story....

it truly was just a bunch of fucked up kids torturing each other while they become infected with the insatiable hunger the government accidentally set loose.

there were some redeeming qualities with the open ended final portion of the book. I liked how maybe the last boy is returning to the island because he DOES have the hunger, but more likely he is just hungering for the last time he ever knew normalcy.

I just wished for more story, more character motivation, less gore and pointless gross.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

atalea's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

_stephk10's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

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

2.5

Terrible writing 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Torture, and Toxic friendship

caspian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

nick cutter knows how to write the most nauseating, horrifying concepts you've ever seen in your goddamn life and then has the audacity to involve five 14yo boys. and i eat it up every time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Torture

Moderate: Homophobia