Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

179 reviews

jj_tj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Child abuse

wends_nblw's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

4.0

I'll say this : while it didn't live to its hype, I really enjoyed it. 

I expected it to be written differently, but it didn't hinder my ability to enjoy the story. I found Agnes and Zoe's relationship to be fascinating alongside Agnes' descent into madness. I do wish there had been an aftermath, or just a longer story. I wish it hadn't gone so fast since I really wanted their relationship to slowly build into horror, but yk. We can't win everything.

All in all, a great story. I'm excited to see similar works by LaRocca. :3c

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Death, Child death, Self harm, Slavery, Violence, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Body horror, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Suicide

juneharden's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

this book was weird. i went into it thinking it would be horror but the first part read as a fetishized lesbian porno. there was seemingly unnecessary animal abuse but i would
 say the ending was not what i expected. overall i’d give it a 3.75 after learning the author them self is queer and it had a very compelling storyline. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Child abuse

captainrenjamin's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

It’s a compelling read that I flew through but SO dark 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, and Homophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Bullying

connnnn's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse

venuscollective's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

Reading in public and constantly having to stop my face from showing how freaked out I am.

The writing in this book is so painfully unnatural. No one, and I mean absolutely no one, speaks in this way. The writing style probably had a purpose and maybe I'm not an advanced enough reader but it just took me out of the story and made me cringe.

Agnes is so intensely stupid I actually can't feel bad for her. She's like a walking bag of air, not an ounce of sense in her. She does and believes the most insane things simply because Zoe, who she has never met before mind you, says so.

I mean- how do I tell you I want a baby and you respond by going, "oh! Pick up a parasite. It's practically the same thing. I know cause I had a tapeworm one time." WHY WOULD I BELIEVE YOU?? WHY WOULD I DO IT??

All in all. I did not like this. It was repulsive-which I understand was the purpose and is why I'm giving it 2 stars cause that was done perfectly- the characters are horribly written and the language just irritated me. Maybe this book could be for you but it CERTAINLY  wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, and Death

ladyinverse's review against another edition

yeah i couldn't finish it the moment i heard "the cat and the priest."

i can handle a decent amount of viscera and whatnot but i can't do animal cruelty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Animal death

imo_s's review against another edition

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, and Gore

mylargirl's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This is a great little disgusting horror novella about the false sense of intimacy that can arise so quickly in an online relationship and the lengths that damaged, lonely people will go to connect and feel loved at any cost. It's funny, sad, and extremely dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse and Homophobia

ephemeral_remi's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Homophobia, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Vomit, and Death