Reviews

The Troop by Nick Cutter

asheslibrary's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

some descriptions were so gross i wild physically cringe but nick cutter is a great writer … and also i hate shelley and love newton

cassjaac's review against another edition

2.0

Not the book or level of horror I expected based on the reviews

chicaso's review against another edition

dark sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Animal death, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Gore, Medical content, Body horror, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Violence, Confinement, Death, and Excrement

blakeaustin's review against another edition

4.0

I enjoyed this one a lot. Cabin Fever meets Lord of the Flies. It started to drag a little bit in the middle but picks back up towards the end.

kalan_megs14's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

madisonh31's review against another edition

5.0

Best horror book I’ve read… maybe ever? Deeply chilling and disgusting at times. I had so many visceral reactions reading this book. A mix of Lord of the Flies and Contagion. Phenomenal story telling!

geneius's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.75

this was fucking nasty. holy fucking shit. HUGE trigger warning for animal death and animal cruelty. like…. huge. i had to skip pages and skim read parts because i know myself and knew this book wasn’t worth sacrificing my mental health. i would’ve rated it a bit higher had those sections not been in the book, i understand backstory but jesus we get it! overall though this was great, the author’s writing style and the blurbs of interviews and news clippings and emails was really cool, i love when authors do that. i loved the kiddos (mostly… shelley can go fuck himself) and i loved the premise and the scenery despite some passages making me gag, even with me not being easily bothered by gore. this also made me want to  re-read lord of the flies, lol. i went into this book 90% blind and i’d say do the same if you feel like you want to read this. would i recommend this to just anyone though? absolutely not! fuck you nick cutter, i’m gonna think about this book and process everything for a long while!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Self harm, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Animal death

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

candever's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

josh2183's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

trin's review

2.0

Emphatically not for me. I can recognize some skill in Cutter's execution, but mostly this is just really gross and really OTT -- mutant worms and a storm and not one but two characters who are psychopaths? Did we really need all of that?

Ultimately I could have done without any of it.