A review by kdickerson38
The Queen by Nick Cutter

dark tense medium-paced

3.0

  • Tropes/themes
    • Multiple POVs
    • Body horror
    • Class differences
    • Adolescence
    • Friendships and relationships 
    • Insects
  • Oddly enough it felt like a mix between Thirteen Reasons Why, Jurassic Park, and Stranger Things
  • The king of body horror has done it again. 
  • Gruesome and gory
  • Chilling, disturbing, and gross
  • Descriptive and elaborate imagery
  • I just couldn’t get into the story. About halfway through, my interest really began to plummet. Maybe because I’m not huge into sci-fi and this one went heavy on the insect/creatures-related sci-fi.
  • It seemed drawn out too although I liked the ending. 
  • The hardcover book itself was a beauty- between the cover (which also has a different texture in spots) and the art on the title page/start of each chapter. Loved this.
  • Content warnings:
    • Bullying
    • Child death
    • Child abuse
    • Physical abuse
    • Sexual assault/rape
    • Drug use
    • Confinement
    • Cannibalism
    • Body horror
    • Adult/minor relationship
    • Blood
    • Gore
    • Injury detail
    • Alcoholism
    • Classism
    • Body shaming