Review of Nick Cutter's "The Troop": A Book Thats A Good Read As Long As You Aren't Squeamish

Hello,


I picked up this book at the local Wal-Mart and bought it because it looked interesting. It's not the greatest book ever, but it was definitely well worth the read. I would like to clarify my rating, I would actually give this book 4 1/2 stars. It's not good enough to be a 5 star book, but it's better than a 4 star book.

The story is about Scoutmaster Tim and the 5 scouts, about 14 years old, that visit Falstaff Island every year to have a scouting adventure. It's not one of those books where the leader is a creep, in fact he's a very good scoutmaster. The five boys are Shelley, Newt, Max, Ephraim and Kent. The scouts love him and he looks out for them. The campout goes awry when a stranger comes to the cabin where the 6 people are staying. The stranger is a very sick man an voraciously hungry. Tim is the town's doctor and he can't turn away someone that's so obviously hungry. What Tim and the boys don't know is that the stranger is a science experiment gone incredibly wrong. A Dr. Edgerton, taking money from two groups, was trying to create both a miracle weight loss solution and also a biological weapon.

I know you are wondering how those two things would work together, well you are going to have to read the book to find out.

Cutter wrote this book based on the template Stephen King used for "Carrie". As it does for King's book, this method works for "The Troop". I would definitely recommend this book for most people that likes exciting fiction. However if you are a bit squeamish, this probably isn't the book for you.

Well done Nick!

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