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Troupe 52 by Nick Cutter

162 reviews

kendrajbean's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I have a sensitive stomach so don’t do particularly well with body horror. That said, the writing and plotting of this book was quite good. Cutter definitely sustained the tension throughout. It reminded me of a cross between The Descent and Stand By Me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

thebearnest's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Self harm, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Cutter's descriptions are both vile and illuminating. Body horror with a spotlight on it to highlight every squirming maggot and fleshy lesion. The man does it so right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Vomit and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying

katieo156's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Body horror to the max. This book was dark and did not let up, and there was more than one moment where I had to take a breather. I think this pushed me to my limit especially because of the age of the characters, and combining that with body horror made it a tough read. I really liked the format-

past/current/future with news articles and coverage about the situation made it feel like a much richer world and connected each character back to humanity.

Definitely do not pick this up unless you're ready for gore, seriously disturbed character(s), and very little light to be seen at the end of the tunnel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

photogenicegg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

It was not scary in the way I thought it would be. I thought it would keep me up at night, but it was just disgusting gore that made me want to puke at times. And wtf was that ending? Bogus.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Excrement, Vomit, and Police brutality

emilyons's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Bullying

mewpasaurus's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

Normally, I'd be keeping (and re-reading) any book I rate this highly, however, Nick Cutter's The Troop is an exception; it's too gruesome and descriptive when it comes to wanton animal cruelty. It's incredibly well written and engaging and it definitely does body horror well (something I find hard to find in written works), but I just don't care to re-read accounts of squishy, gross torture of animals and the whiny, teenage narratives of the main characters.

If you like body horror, you'll probably find this is a good/fast read. It's also worth noting that while the characters aren't necessarily likeable, they are not two dimensional and do seem to be complex in the way I would say most pre-teens/teenagers tend to be, which made it more believable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

jennaraetions's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

5 stars simply because what the fuck

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

saint_eleanor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I was so pleasantly surprised by this!! I was expecting like 80’s goop horror and instead i got a hybrid of Lord of the Flies ,  Russian Sleep Experiment ,  &  Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. All wrapped up in like a devastating painting of boyhood.

I was so sad that Newt got infected and also that Ephraim went crazy bc of Shelley-thing. Rest in peace baby boys.

i want a sequel! Reading this book is like watching the worm-fight scene from the movie Splice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement and Abandonment

Sooo gorey and gorey animal death

charlieeee's review against another edition

dark sad 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Alcohol