Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

259 reviews

flavroc's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Pacing is a little too quick, reader should sit with the horror described for greater effect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gore

maggieoc_x's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Murder and Gore

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Homophobia

theohume's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Gore, and Child death

kamxoxo's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Animal death

Minor: Vomit

mollyelyn'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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

buttercat42's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Child death, and Gore

rory_john14's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Gore

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Vomit, Cursing, Pregnancy, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Classism, Medical content, Abortion, Terminal illness, Slavery, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Dementia, Abandonment, and Death of parent

b_austridge'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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Self harm and Vomit

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

You know what? I expected it to be so much more grotesque with the way people were reviewing it. 

It was sad, seeing someone dove wholeheartedly into an unrequited romance with just selfish intent on the other side. And the building dread that forms in the first few pages just continues to compile til the final line.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy, Gore, Vomit, and Sexual content

glitchymomma42's review against another edition

• 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

3.75

This book absolutely disgusted me but that's what it was supposed to do.

I quite literally almost threw up whenever Agnes ate the rotted meat.

the first story was personally a little bit too grotesque for my taste however it is what it was setting out to do just not something I would read again. The other stories were way more my taste and I'm glad that I was able to "put the book in the freezer" and finish it the next day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Vomit