Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

36 reviews

jexxikka's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Fatphobia

sylvestra's review against another edition

challenging tense slow-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Gaslighting

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.

cursivewolf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

Probably one of my new favorites. Heartbreaking, disgusting, but fun. The kids remind you of ones you’d meet every day or have been in your childhood. Cutter gives these kids such depth (as much as kids can get) and you really feel for them. I’m a sucker for body horror and this book delivered. The paranoia is contagious and seeps through the pages. Cutter has you rooting for the kids, because at the end of the day they’re just kids.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

sassafrasrewts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Fatphobia and Vomit

julesloyola's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying