Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

422 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

syds_shelves's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

yuck. this book was foul but did make me anxious and scared at times. contagion and isolation are two timeless scary tropes when done well 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Gore, and Blood

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

pensbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore

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

akeilmorris's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

This book was just NOT for me. I can deal with the disgusting 🪱. I cannot deal with the overly descriptive torture for the hell of it. I was skipping pages where the words were making me feel sick. There were definitely some freaky and unsettling parts in this book, but not in a good way for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

pbraue13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Murder

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