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A review by rosemarygrace1211
The Troop by Nick Cutter
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-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
3.75
When they finally acted, it was too late - had it ever not been too late?
To say I didn’t know what I was getting myself into would be an understatement. And yet at the end, through all the gore, the pain, the quasi-panic attack I had about 3/4 of the way through the book, I was glad I read this.
That being said, please check the content warnings. And if you have any kind of contamination phobia like I do, meaning bodily fluids and parasites, please don’t read this. I likely wouldn’t have picked this book up if I had known what lurked beneath the cover. And if you read the word “kitten,” skip ahead a few pages. I did and I couldn’t be more glad
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Sexual content, Self harm, Murder, and Gore