Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

87 reviews

waverlyloyd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.5

This book was good & very intriguing. However, i’m not a fan of overtly gross stuff. like blood doesn’t gross me out but when sickness is described in detail, it really freaks me out so this book was super gross LOL. it was really good though and a super interesting concept. one I could see the government absolutely doing. I just gave it 3.5 ⭐️ because it grossed me out so much 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

jackalopecore's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Torture, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

lilgrimmy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was truly disturbing. I felt so many emotions through out its’ pages. I don’t know what to say other than if you have not experienced this book, you should give it a try. Five stars and the promise to read more from Nick Cutter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia

kimberlyswalters's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

1.75

I had to stop reading this book several times. I'd read in forums that this book was too gory, too disgusting, too much. I thought people were exaggerating. They're not.

It was very well-written and the concept was good, but there was too much detail. I learned too much about some of these characters, especially Shelley.

I honestly don't believe we needed to know that he was erect as he murdered that poor kitten. Things like that are just thrown into this book for shock value and add no substance to the story. The worm swimming into his urethra was disgusting, but that's fine because it explains how they infected him. The erections were pointless and weird to imagine when reading a book about minors. I do know that serial killers do feel that way about their heinous acts of violence, but I don't need to know that about this child. It happens multiple times throughout this story. Bleh.

Is it scary? No. Is it gross? Absolutely. I'd only recommend this abomination to those that just want to read about some gross worms and gets off to body horror.

I'd recommend this to Shelley.

Overall, it was well-written and I genuinely enjoyed Max, Ephraim, and Newt. I don't think Kent's character was fleshed out enough for me to care about him. His father's character made more of an impact. I am not a religious person by any means, but I do think the author may benefit from Jesus and some therapy. In fact, I need therapy after reading this. My appointment is scheduled for three weeks from now. I'm not hopeful that I'll make it until then with this content wiggling around inside of my head. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

youreawizardjerry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

GROSS.
and...strangely emotional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying and Fatphobia

glitterpeach's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Excrement

annamolpus's review against another edition

dark fast-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? No

3.25

Lord of the Flies plus Stephen King multiplied by the gnarliest X-Files episode you've ever seen.

This book was gross.  So gross.  Like my face would involuntarily squinch up in distaste as I was reading gross.

It's a well-written fast-paced horror thriller, but I had to skim certain paragraphs because they were just too gross.

You've been warned.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Medical trauma, and Murder

deathdetectivel's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

The books starts very slowly but once the story picked up, I couldn't put it down! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

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

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

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.

smilingsammie's review against another edition

dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail