The Troop

It was decent. I enjoyed the writing and I'll definitely be reading more Cutter, but I was pretty underwhelmed by the overall plot. I did quite enjoy the first third or so, in particular, but after that was so-so for me. My biggest gripe is the use of flashforward to the interviews. They just brought everything to a screeching halt and completely ruined the suspense by revealing too much. The plot itself wasn't terribly original either, and I didn't much care for the ending.

On a side note, the last two books I read completely overused “the __-thing.” Can all horror authors get together and find a new word for humans who have been transformed into something else? I swear I read that phrase at least 100 times in the past 2 weeks. Oh no, Bob is an undead shell of a man now. He's now “the Bob-thing” lurching towards us! Watch out!