A review by chuckstafer
The Troop by Nick Cutter

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Goodness, this was some story! It was gruesome. It was violent. But maybe most scariest of all, it was believable. I unfortunately, could see something like this happening today. I really enjoyed the added newspaper and courtroom transcripts that were spaced between the chapters. It really helped to add to the story and stitch some of the pieces of the story together. Each character had ample backstory to let the reader know who they were, but the added information that come from the story and the interspersed documents really kept you on your toes and kept you wondering if you really did have the characters figured out. Overall I thought this was a pretty good horror story.