Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

267 reviews

tupeloallie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Terminal illness, Excrement, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Fatphobia, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

secondhandreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The first piece of horror media in a long time that has made me physically uncomfortable. Outbreak meets lord of the flies, if both of those things were cranked up to a hundred. A harrowing story that manages to find the soft pieces of humanity in an impossible situation. While also being deeply upsetting, a page turner to be sure - but avoid if you're squeamish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Gore, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

Minor: Child abuse

thegayestghost's review against another edition

I don't have the stomach for how much animal torture/killing there is in this- it's really intense.  It's also really tough watching the kids in danger. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

delicateteacup's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow, just wow. I absolutely loved this book. I thrive to find more books like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Fatphobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

philodora's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

sykamor's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

Fancy seeing you here, gollum...

I enjoyed this. It was tense and creepy. I mainly took away stars because there are a few glaring animal related inaccuracies that really took me out of the story. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys horror though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

elisedasnarechick's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gore, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, and Vomit

afuabemareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.75

Wow. This book was so complicated and disturbing. It did take me a while to read and at some points, I feel as though the gore was unnecessary. If you want to gross yourself out, this is the book for you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Violence, and Murder

millennialp1nk's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Self harm, Violence, Blood, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Vomit