Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

7 reviews

thereadingdude's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Animal death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

furiadc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Animal death, and Blood

proconsulates's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow. . . this was a great read. Really well written and the plot was very entertaining. 

Warning - 
If you have a sensitive stomach or a gag reflex that isn't very hard to activate, I might steer away from this book. Even if you don't, you aren't gonna want to be eating while reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Animal death and Bullying

Minor: Fatphobia

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

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

Minor: Alcohol and Bullying

probably_reading_right_now's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

TW: body horror, animal abuse, violence

Is anyone else itchy? Or is it just me? This was my first experience reading Nick Cutter and I’m seriously blown away. This felt like a mix between The Thing, 80’s coming of age movies (the ones where you wonder how the hell such young kids got into such a huge mess), and Lord Of The Flies. While I don’t remember anything QUITE this bad happening in scouts, the way this was written, at least in the world of the book, felt plausible. Except for the military response. Shout out to the book military for having a better response then the CDC and US Gov. combined. The juxtaposition of such beautifully written lines like “It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts.” Or “The moon hung in its western altar like the last melancholy guest at a dinner party, who was too lonely to leave.” Next to the graphic horror and violence of the books descension into gut churning madness made an amazing contrast that helped the book highlight the two sides; as the story goes on the characters get more delirious, the writing more unhinged to match. The author made me doubt right along with the characters whether the ‘sickness’, or the other people on the island were more to fear. Rarely ever is a book able to elicit a reaction from me, especially thriller, or horror, but this one pulled an array of reactions and emotions. Even though there was some jumping forward in the time line I never guessed the ending, and normally I’m able to. This was such a great, fast paced read that admittedly wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Violence, and Chronic illness

ionagr's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Chronic illness, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Body horror

cgroff's review

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Chronic illness