Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Troop by Nick Cutter

10 reviews

bellestallard's review against another edition

dark sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Gore, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Body shaming, and Cursing

Minor: Police brutality

autumnrevisited's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This is one of the worst books I’ve ever read. Not because it was bad but because it was so gross and detailed in a way that is just viscerally unnerving. Impressive writing but fucking hell. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Child death, Gore, Animal death, Excrement, Murder, Abandonment, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Blood, Death, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicide, Violence, Cursing, Medical trauma, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Torture and Sexual content

crispr_breadboard's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

The trigger warnings are true. Graphic means graphic. I could barely muster up the heart to continue reading any of the animal scenes. It was gut-wrenching. The villains of the story were well developed, I loved the twists and turns, and the fact I teetered between characters when trying to see who (if any) would survive. Loved the different types of media- from third person narrative, to interviews, to lab experiments, to indictments, to even an advertisement (corny photos and all). Really cool stuff. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, and Police brutality

Insects - GRAPHIC Illness - GRAPHIC

that_cow_girl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

This book simultaneously disgusted me and broke my heart. It didn’t take long for things to start happening and then it just kept coming. This book literally wormed its way into my head and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. It also referenced Anne of Green Gables twice which is my favorite book, and I thought it was hilarious that THIS was the book it was referenced in. I loved the characters of the Scouts. Each boy was so unique and fascinating. I DID have to skip the part about

Shelley killing his mom’s cat. I can handle a lot of gore and all that, but cats and dogs I can’t handle. I also sobbed my eyes out at the part with the turtle.

if you like nasty books, consider this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical trauma, Cursing, Fatphobia, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Torture, Animal death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Gaslighting, Self harm, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Child death, Eating disorder, Confinement, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Abandonment, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

poutine_enthusiast's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

masterful atmosphere and visceral descriptions but hampered by weak characterization. relies too heavily on the gross-factor

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Gore, Blood, Body horror, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Bullying and Police brutality

Minor: Homophobia and Fatphobia

kimskankwalker's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism, Confinement, Excrement, Fatphobia, Police brutality, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

brianna_moye's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Animal death, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Murder and Bullying

Minor: Police brutality

bibrarian_'s review against another edition

dark fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Police brutality

spoclc's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

Rare that a book can introduce 7 characters to me right off the bat and I can keep track of all of them. They each had such a unique perspective, informed by such different experiences and dynamics, that it was easy to tell them apart. This book was also just plain good. Horrifying. And good. Trigger warnings abounds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Murder, Violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gore, Fatphobia, Death, Child death, Bullying, Body horror, Blood, and Body shaming

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Police brutality and Alcohol

maggotea's review

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Excrement, and Gun violence