Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Troupe 52 by Nick Cutter

64 reviews

clarke's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

Shelley deserved a worse death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

randanopterix's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book is an absolute fucking nightmare, I mean this in the best way possible. 
Not for even the remotely faint of heart, I usually have a strong stomach for media like this but event I had to avoid the book for a couple of days when my real life got stressful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

nlikier's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

I didn't not like this book, and the writing wasn't bad. That said, I wished the author had gone a little harder. This is sort of a modern-day retelling of Lord of the Flies, but one of the characters is a literal sociopath. I wanted to see the boys dealing with the situation, but instead, they had the unnecessary extra obstacle of another boy. This extra obstacle detracted from the story, in my opinion. I also don't feel like the story said anything new about the theme.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Minor: Eating disorder

viireads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Sexism, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

jenc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This book loses like a quarter of a star because of the last chapter. It's probably 10 lines and right now I'm a little mad at it.
My roommate loves this book. He's very unsettled by it and I agree, v spoopy, v uncomfy, v no thank you. But...I just really need to read a horror book that commits to an ending. The last 3 have been all hand-wavy and I just want something else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol

entityj's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Vomit, Stalking, and Gaslighting

smilingsammie's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

mcribsy13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

Not for the faint of heart, or stomach...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Eating disorder, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Vomit

sexualedward's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Cannibalism

Minor: Bullying and Alcohol

bruinrocks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.75

This was an enjoyable novel. The authors created a scarily believable premise.

A bioengineered tape worm that is supposed to help with weight loss but turns extremely dangerous and eats the host from the inside out.

The scout troop gets trapped on the island after it’s quarantined, each falling into a darkness of their own. With no help or word from the outside world the boys must do their best with the things they have to survive the weekend. A well written body horror with a little mix of technothriller, this gross out fiction isn’t for those with a weak stomach. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Cannibalism