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Little Heaven by Nick Cutter

noneofyourbinary's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The best Nick Cutter horror.
Fantastic trio of main characters, a genuinely unsettling horror and doesn't feel as gratuitous as other extreme horror novels. Don't take that as me saying it's an easy or comfortable read though!

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les_lectures_hallucinees's review against another edition

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3.0

Après l'excellent roman Troupe 52, qui est de loin mon roman d'horreur favori de 2022, Nick Cutter nous revient avec un western sanglant, avec en prime une secte désabusé du monde extérieur et des passages de body horror extrêmement explicites dont Nick Cutter connaît la recette. Je salue ici sa facilité à préparer le terrain, avoir des personnages colorés et savoir exhiber une violence très sournoise et perverse dont il en fait la renommée. Nick Cutter sait comment manœuvrer avec les différents codes de l'horreur pour une immersion et un choc toujours plus extravagant, en plus d'une histoire très créative rendu vite intéressante. Little Heaven se veut également un hommage à Stephen King (ÇA) dont les influences sont vivement reconnaissables.

Cependant, la trame narrative se veut parfois remplis de fillers, ce qui a eu pour effet que j'ai moins été engagé dans ma lecture que je l'aurais pensé. Je suis persuadé qu'une écriture plus épurée avec plus de tact aurait facilement eu l'effet contraire, même en sachant que cette œuvre est un slowburn dans le sens littéral du terme. J'ai été quand même diverti par ma lecture du nouveau maître de l'horreur, car il constituait une de mes lectures les plus anticipées de cette année, et je ressors de cette communauté de Little Heaven avec un bon degré de satisfaction.

beereadshorror's review against another edition

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challenging dark medium-paced

4.75

jumpywitch's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

pwelch96's review against another edition

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dark sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

This book's first half could have been cut out entirely. There was no need for this book to be 400 pages long. A lot of the plot was just holding me back from the good stuff. I enjoyed the plot element of jumping from the future to the present, and back, but I didn't need all of the side quests described in full. There was also a lot of weird, intimate language used to describe children which made me uncomfy. I don't know why we needed details about a little girl's dress riding up, describing her underwear and explaining how it was wet with pee. That was very weird. It's possible to include children in horror and describing bad things happening to them without fetishizing them. That being said, the ending ROCKED, and the writing was strong overall. It was also very scary! 
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advoskele's review against another edition

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3.0

Liked Amos but really didn’t care about any characters in this

cynnyc's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

melanielotseven's review against another edition

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4.0

This one was a slow burn, but was ultimately satisfying to me. Fantastic horror writing with vivid, Clive Barker-esque touches were the breadcrumb trail I followed through Cutter’s forest of marginally believable characterizations and set pieces. I have to read more by Nick Cutter, but my first impression is that he prefers to write characters who are larger than life. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but his characterizations reduce the overall believability or realism of this novel. Still, it’s been a fun read, and the scenes with creatures, possessed children, and the psychotic preacher are all excellent.

codybeck's review against another edition

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5.0

Having now finished reading my second Nick Cutter novel, I am left with questions:

1. Can any list of “best modern horror novelists” that omits him be considered valid?
2. Is there a Nick Cutter fan club?
3. How do I join?

This one, much like The Troop, left me physically reeling, in awe of the artful writing and crunchy phrases, and legitimately spooked throughout the prose. Can’t wait to devour Cutter’s other stories.

gingerswag22's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0