Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

287 reviews

anne_eventually's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

like a really f-ed up Stand By Me. full of gore and guts and things that hurt my stomach (no pun intended). I loved the ending, but I thought it could go without the animal parts 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

lassossa's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Had to skip a few pages because of the animal cruelty. This book is not for the weak. I won’t forget this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Body horror, Terminal illness, Bullying, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, and Torture

rjmark's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.0

Really did not enjoy this book. A bit too graphic for me, particularly the animal mutilation parts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Gore, Death, and Eating disorder

zek's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

**CONTENT WARNING:**

Please be advised that this novel contains body horror, violence toward and by children, and cruelty toward insects and animals.

Nick Cutter's _The Troop_ is a successful work of horror, and largely as a result of its visceral content, it has become his most well-known work. The novel is weak in character development but has a decent and easy-to-follow plot.

The novel capitalizes on body horror, and David Cronenberg fans will feel right at home with this one.

Nick Cutter has a lot more for horror lovers if you "dive" into his other offerings.

This reviewer deliberately chooses not to discuss the plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Child death

tannisz's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

itskiki's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Bullying, Death, Gore, Self harm, Body horror, Blood, Fatphobia, Murder, Vomit, Animal death, and Child death

kristianna17's review

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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Body horror, Bullying, Vomit, Gore, Death, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, and Murder

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Violence, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Body shaming, Self harm, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Bullying, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Medical content

Minor: Cursing

verbosevespertine's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.5

It’s like “what if Lord of the Flies… but worse?” 😈 (that is a compliment)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Animal death, and Body horror

taemaeto's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Blood, Murder, Torture, Death, Gore, Violence, Animal death, Confinement, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis