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WINNER OF THE JAMES HERBERT AWARD FOR HORROR WRITING
“The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t put it down. This is old-school horror at its best.” —Stephen King
Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip—a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsite—shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry—Tim and the boys are exposed to something far more frightening than any tale of terror. The human carrier of a bioengineered nightmare. A horror that spreads faster than fear. A harrowing struggle for survival with no escape from the elements, the infected…or one another.
Part Lord of the Flies, part 28 Days Later—and all-consuming—this tightly written, edge-of-your-seat thriller takes you deep into the heart of darkness, where fear feeds on sanity…and terror hungers for more.
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"First off, the only reason I'm not giving this book five stars is because it is absolutely disgusting. I mean really, really gross. It is beautifully written. Cutter has obviously read and learned for the masters of horror. The cut offs where things were being explained to the reader was a wonderful idea and very well done. I would equate his ability to write horror on par with Bentley Little. All of that being said, I could do without the pages upon pages of animal cruelty. It was a bit much for me. I spent a lot of time living the country hunting and fishing. I'm a carnivore and eat my kills. There was an entire chapter I had to skip in this book because I'm not ok with what I was reading. I understand why the author thought it was necessary, but it was too much for me, and that says a lot! Aside from that, this book actually ruined my appetite for about a month. This book will completely overwhelmed your senses. I guess that's the point. I'll definitely be checking out his other work."
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The Troop A Novel Nick Cutter 9781501144820 Books Reviews
- It was an interesting read that really ramped up toward the end of the book.
*****SLIGHT SPOILERS BELOW*****
I really could have done without out the explicit details on the animal cruelty. There were parts in the book where insects were harmed and suggested bigger things were to come later. When the turtle scene occurred, I wasn't prepared for what I was about to read because it caught me off guard from whom it came from. I felt dirty just reading about it. The kitten scene, I completely skipped right over. About 8 pages worth of it.
If you enjoy torture, then there's some of that in this book for you.
Aside from that, it was an entertaining read and I found the whole scenario totally plausible since I'm somewhat a of a paranoid conspiracy theory nut. - First off, the only reason I'm not giving this book five stars is because it is absolutely disgusting. I mean really, really gross. It is beautifully written. Cutter has obviously read and learned for the masters of horror. The cut offs where things were being explained to the reader was a wonderful idea and very well done. I would equate his ability to write horror on par with Bentley Little. All of that being said, I could do without the pages upon pages of animal cruelty. It was a bit much for me. I spent a lot of time living the country hunting and fishing. I'm a carnivore and eat my kills. There was an entire chapter I had to skip in this book because I'm not ok with what I was reading. I understand why the author thought it was necessary, but it was too much for me, and that says a lot! Aside from that, this book actually ruined my appetite for about a month. This book will completely overwhelmed your senses. I guess that's the point. I'll definitely be checking out his other work.
- If you like good horror, really good horror, this is the book for you. OMG......I hate slasher horror, or stupid horror! I started this book and finished it in a few hours. That's how good it is. Nick Cutter has written a book of horror that will probably invade my dreams. Why? Because he wrote about something so horrible, and something that could really happen, which makes it more terrifying. I love Stephen King's writing. Some of his books are terrifying, and some are so out there, they are just, meh.
A friend recommended this book, because I read a wide variety of genres. The title didn't seem scary. The first few pages weren't scary. It ramped up after that, and then I had to ride the horrifying, roller coaster until it ended. If a movie is scary, I can not look but when I'm reading, I have no choice but to read all of it. The story had familiar elements. But this author is fresh and original in his words. I can't wait to read more of his books. I may lose some sleep and have nightmares, but the ride is worth it! Other, established, horror writers that recycle their stories, or let books ride on their good reputation, but don't live up, need to step up their game. The horror genre has a new royal. He may not be a king, and that's a good thing. Time will tell, but Mr. Cutter wields his words like a sharp scalpel, cutting his niche in the horror scene. Impressive. - Everyone and their mother told me to read this book. I was very hesitant, gore porn is not my thing. While you cannot deny there is a place in horror for gore, and this is definitely a horror novel, I much prefer my horror to be more subtle and psychological and supernatural. However you can't find new authors if you don't get out of your comfort zone.
The basic premise is this a troop of scouts, on their last trip unfortunately at the same time a diseased man escapes from a lab and makes it to the island where the unlucky troop is camping. Gorlarity ensues. I strongly recommend not eating while reading this book, at least not noodles.
The good
The characters are mostly developed well, except for Patient 0 and Max, I didn't feel like I knew enough about them, but it's a minor complaint as far as characterization goes. Honestly, from a technical standpoint the whole book is written really well, if the writing had been less technically advanced this would have been an awful pulpy 80's horror novel. Since it is written so well you, if you read lots of 80's pulpy horror, will be overwhelmed by the comforting sense of horror nostalgia. I also loved the ending. The pacing is amazing, not build up or set up, we are just right. In. There. It's also a very quick read.
The bad
Sometimes less go is more, but if you like gore, you'll love the hell out of this. I also really hate the premise, it's too ridiculous, then again I never got into the mad scientist thing. - Obviously this book is a gruesome tale with some horrifying scenes, violence, and disturbing imagery. That's the good part. If you're not tolerant of that fact you should probably move on to a different genre. I also think that Nick (Craig) is a fine writer with good mechanics and excellent imagery depiction. That said, I just couldn't bring myself to really enjoy this book. While his use of metaphor was original and inventive it was also overused. Often using two or three metaphors to portray imagery for one minor action. I also found myself just skimming page after page when the author would almost pause mid story line to tell some story about one of the kids past. While this can be useful to create depth of character this was also way overdone and became cumbersome and distraction in my opinion. I'm sure others would disagree, but for my taste is wasn't enjoyable. While others (and even the author) draw similarities with Stephen King I, for one couldn't disagree more. This is no Stephen King. One of King's greatest tips to writers is to use seduction and not precision. To not give too much background information. This title was opposite of that. Nevertheless, I respect readers opinions who found this a good story and enjoyable read as there weren't any great faults or reasons to say it was an awful book by any means.
