Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

96 reviews

missrmaxwell's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

10/10 horror read. The dread that is built from the prologue to the 1st chapter is exquisite. You know what’s going to happen but how it happens is a surprise.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

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

shadowykittenwizard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

thorpasaurusjess's review against another edition

I wanted to finish this SO BADLY. It’s just TOO SCARY. It hits too many of my triggers (contagions, violence involving animals). The writing is wonderful, the character development is complex and fascinating, and the suspense and fear are built flawlessly. This book really hits (what I think) are the most terrifying elements of horror and science fiction really well; it hovers just barely outside reality, with enough believability to make the reader forget they’re in a fictional realm.  I simply found it too scary to continue. That being said, I think someone who really enjoys more horror (and can stomach more gore) would love this! I’d totally recommend to a horror fan, but it’s not smart for me to keep reading it.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Torture, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

jameszabik's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

logenthielke's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

amelia_horseman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Phew.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

fr0styme11o'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book is great, seriously. The horror in it is incredible, but it is genuinely very disturbing. 

The description truly allows you to imagine everything that's going on in the story so clearly, and I can almost hear, see, and smell the scenes for myself as I read, since the description was so detailed. 

Because of that, The Troop can make you feel quite queasy, and it's not something you should read before you eat, or maybe even after. 

However, it's really interesting and innovative and even though I'm disturbed while reading it, I don't actually want to put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Terminal illness

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gore, Blood, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

beanformation's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Lots of similies.
I thought it was reasonably well written and it's meant to make you super uncomfortable. The boy other people are writing reviews about is a sadomasochist so his bits are especially messed up but that's what the author intended.
I was told it was like Lord of The Flies but I honestly don't think it's like that at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic