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hwitenhafer 's review for:
The Troop
by Nick Cutter
It’s like Nick Cutter reached inside my brain like a parasitic hydatid and made my worst nightmare come to life.
Every time I put the book down, I was suddenly very itchy. Needless to say: this horror novel does its job. Future readers be warned, this is not for the faint of heart or easily offended.
That being said, I did feel that I got a bit tired of reading the same cycle over and over again. I kept waiting for it to ramp up a bit more or morph into an even bigger nightmare (I know…I’m my own worst enemy) but that never really happened. This caused me to not have that “must keep reading” feeling and made the story drag a bit.
Other positive points: The plot is disturbingly possible in the current world as we know it. It’s a great example of a story that does a lot of character exploration/human observation…if trying to figure out the human mind is your thing (it is mine) then this is the one for you. And last but not least, I loved the ending. I hated the ending and want to yell at it, but I love it. And that’s the case with all the best stories, isn’t it?
Every time I put the book down, I was suddenly very itchy. Needless to say: this horror novel does its job. Future readers be warned, this is not for the faint of heart or easily offended.
That being said, I did feel that I got a bit tired of reading the same cycle over and over again. I kept waiting for it to ramp up a bit more or morph into an even bigger nightmare (I know…I’m my own worst enemy) but that never really happened. This caused me to not have that “must keep reading” feeling and made the story drag a bit.
Other positive points: The plot is disturbingly possible in the current world as we know it. It’s a great example of a story that does a lot of character exploration/human observation…if trying to figure out the human mind is your thing (it is mine) then this is the one for you. And last but not least, I loved the ending. I hated the ending and want to yell at it, but I love it. And that’s the case with all the best stories, isn’t it?