Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

187 reviews

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

dredgeful_reads's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Body horror

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Bullying and Vomit

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

kj_bewick's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Trigger warnings: Body horror, self-harm and mutation, depiction of disease, violence against animals and children. 

Light spoilers, nothing deep. 

The first review I ever saw of The Troop was: 

"Fuck this book" 

That is accurate. 

I uncomfortably squirmed 75% of the time, I even wretched at one point. The language Cutter uses to describe these awful things is horrifically perfect. 

The animal abuse in this book is what nearly made me put it down. I had to close the book for a while after reading the turtle scene due to me uncontrollably sobbing. It was rough, as were the chimp and kitten scenes. You have been warned! 

If you can get past that, this book is fantastic. Horror fiction at it's absolute finest. I will be visited more of Cutter's work in the future, after I read something about fluffy unicorns and cupcakes to recover...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia

harmnewbrough1's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

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

dilani's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

wtf 😃

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Minor: Vomit

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

rebekahmccubbins's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

A truly disgusting read. I would have finished this sooner, but I kept getting itchy reading it. Fantastically written, but a tough read if

you're bothered by parasites/bugs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic