Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
fast-paced
This was one gross and bizarre adventure that kicks off when a young girl's mother invites a stranger into their home after her father dies. It reads like a trippy, twisted fairytale where you can't tell what's up or down. But it makes you a bit sick.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent
Moderate: Incest, Cannibalism, War
Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Rape
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail
“From baby teeth to virginity, to live is to regularly suffer loss. However, I scarcely expected to lose everything I’ve ever loved in a single moment.”
Eric LaRocca is a master of setting the feeling of a scene, he brings you into the velvety embrace of his world with what seems to be little effort. Eric creates a unique mix of madness and reality the likes of which I’ve never seen, the whole thing is a wild bizarre nightmare sequence that somehow flows smoothly like a deep wide sewer.
For such a short story, I took a lot of notes. I was reminded of Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka for a couple reasons. First, there is a cockroach in the story, but mainly because when I read the classic Kafka story in high school, our version had the story followed by several essays by notable people on their interpretation of the story. I could easily see this story following that example. It would make for very interesting discussions.
Be prepared to squirm as you are pulled through your emotions of empathy, revulsion, and horror.
“What are you afraid of?” he asked, “letting go or being left with nothing to hold.”
Eric LaRocca is a master of setting the feeling of a scene, he brings you into the velvety embrace of his world with what seems to be little effort. Eric creates a unique mix of madness and reality the likes of which I’ve never seen, the whole thing is a wild bizarre nightmare sequence that somehow flows smoothly like a deep wide sewer.
For such a short story, I took a lot of notes. I was reminded of Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka for a couple reasons. First, there is a cockroach in the story, but mainly because when I read the classic Kafka story in high school, our version had the story followed by several essays by notable people on their interpretation of the story. I could easily see this story following that example. It would make for very interesting discussions.
Be prepared to squirm as you are pulled through your emotions of empathy, revulsion, and horror.
“What are you afraid of?” he asked, “letting go or being left with nothing to hold.”
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated