Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

32 reviews

charlizardbookboi17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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 ROUGH but what a story. I was not prepared for that ending in any way, shape or fashion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Excrement, Self harm, Suicide, Body horror, Confinement, Torture, Gore, Grief, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

aetherkids's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Suicide, Pregnancy, Excrement, Toxic relationship, and Gore

hannahdaisy4's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.0

I had high expectations for this book, and I think that’s why I feel so disappointed. If I had no expectations, I’d probably be quite pleased with this book. But realistically, it just isn’t that good. I was expecting far worse gore, and although there were some “icky” parts, it was only borderline gross, in my opinion. Interesting characters though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy and Excrement

morgansb's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

This was unpleasant. I don't disagree with the premise of a bizarre D/S relationship, but the pace at which the relationship progressed was confusing. I also didn't think that it ended well, or resolved itself. This book was quite short, and for that it suffers from being annoyingly incomplete. I'm confused as to why the correspondence is part of a police report, because this also does not get touched upon. Overall, the big shocker was more gross than anything, but weirdly enough there was an online gross out blog called "blowfly"(huge trigger warnings for body horror, trauma,sex, blood , etc) which honestly reminded me a lot of this, so I wasn't the most original idea. I would be surprised if the author didn't gather inspiration from that to be honest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Gore, Body horror, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Murder and Mental illness

Minor: Blood, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Grief, Excrement, and Death

devilledgreggs's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I’m speechless 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Self harm and Homophobia

aaround132's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ngl i finished it in one sitting and i was HOOKED. it got me out of a huge slump. but would i recommend it to anyone? absolutely not, im ashamed to do so. the characters brains were so out of control that made me feel lime im mentally stable comparing to them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cannibalism, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Excrement, and Domestic abuse

kai_the_kat's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

 the book is so dark and twisted but so brilliantly written at the same time. its the epitome of psychological horror/thriller. how the relationship flows SO FAST from trying to sell a family apple corer TO INCREDIBLY FUCKED UP. it is twisted in the best kind of way. it written in a frenzied burst and it kinda reflects the way how both the characters also become more and more frenzied as thee story progresses. i started reading it AND I COULDNT PUT IT DOWN each page beckons you to read on more as you cant wait to see how this seeming love story quickly accelerates into a horrifying mess of a situation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Gore, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, and Excrement

roraisabella's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

a book that makes you go “what the hell was that”, very icky and disturbing but i love a short horror story, and this one was shocking enough to keep you turning the page. gripping writing style and easy to read. that being said, this book isn’t meaningful at all, and works mainly off shock value and gore. i also didn’t like the detailed scenes of animal cruelty, i found it unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Excrement, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit

basurosehan'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

 i like it, SHOCKING—

its shocking because i dont even like this genre 😭 but it was very intriguing and the way it was executed was good too. 

i cant give this four stars because it creeped me out so much and its my review so LOL!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Excrement, Gaslighting, Torture, Gore, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

biamaf'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

meu deus o que foi que eu acabei de ler???? 

um misto de sentimentos!!! esse livro tem descrições extremamente gráficas e perturbadoras que me prenderam, comecei e terminei a leitura no mesmo dia kkkkkkk por outro lado, só o gore não sustentou, senti que o autor se apoiou demais nesse aspecto e não desenvolveu as personagens o suficiente pra justificar as motivações 🤷‍♀️

por ser curtinho, vale a leitura pra quem curte gore, mas não da pra ir esperando uma história/personagens super ricos pq é só isso mesmo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Death, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Child death, Gore, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Excrement, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Vomit