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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A *lot* weirder than Things Have Gotten Worse Since Last We Spoke. I really loved the magical realism aspects and - shockingly! - I liked when the curtain was lifted in the last chapter as well. LaRocca's an excellent writer and threads a lot of tricky needles in a relatively compact space. I did find it surprisingly dense, but I'm so glad stuff like this is getting published.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
i really fucking disliked this for some reason.
the execution was bland and amateurish, and the concept itself was not comprehensive or interesting enough to warrant being crafted into an entire text. the entire work itself felt like larocca had a small, cheap piece of cloth that he was trying to stretch out to make an extravagant garment; an ordeal doomed from conception. i am certain that i, in my exact current state, could rewrite this story better with just a single draft.
unfortunate that i paid money for this and also unfortunate that i have a 3rd eric larocca novel sitting on my shelf. i PRAY it is more like things have gotten worse since we last spoke than this one was.
the execution was bland and amateurish, and the concept itself was not comprehensive or interesting enough to warrant being crafted into an entire text. the entire work itself felt like larocca had a small, cheap piece of cloth that he was trying to stretch out to make an extravagant garment; an ordeal doomed from conception. i am certain that i, in my exact current state, could rewrite this story better with just a single draft.
unfortunate that i paid money for this and also unfortunate that i have a 3rd eric larocca novel sitting on my shelf. i PRAY it is more like things have gotten worse since we last spoke than this one was.
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Definitely my favorite so far of LaRocca's books! Depicting the circus performers as creatures added a surreal element to the bleak story. It felt like a dark fairy tale - unpleasant but morbidly fascinating.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Death of parent
Moderate: Incest, Excrement
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, War
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated