Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

87 reviews

katbamkapow's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

It was fun! I mean, if you know what you're in for. A quick, horrifying read on the sofa in one sitting. At times  it felt like the prose was working a little harder than it needed to, simply for the sake of itself, but for something so short it didn't really bother me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Torture, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Grief, Self harm, Animal cruelty, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual content

reckenreiter's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Sexual violence, Slavery, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

otherworlds's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.0

i was drawn in by the title, premise, and beautiful cover, but this book did not deliver on its promises of body horror and an intensely fucked-up relationship. It was gross and toxic, sure, but I kept waiting for something truly shocking to happen and it never did. Also, I am thoroughly unimpressed by the author - who is not a lesbian or a woman - making a lesbian character who is so obsessed with pregnancy. It was giving very "Black Widow in Age of Ultron" vibes, the whole thing felt kinda misogynistic and lesbophobic, and I just did not care for that arc in general. Again, I kept waiting to be shocked but that moment never came. I did like the writing style, but it wasn't enough for me to recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy and Vomit

Minor: Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Homophobia

If the idea of parasites, unsafe BDSM, or eating unsanitary things is upsetting for you, I recommend sitting this one out.

rigbees's review against another edition

dark medium-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

1.0

As someone who grew into my own on queer IMs and messageboards, I had a lot of hope for this book. The beginning seemed to be tightly written, engaging, and coherent in the way that the relationship felt. However, about halfway through the book, the story escalated in it's horror past my comfort zone. How the story approached its end made me gag. Now, I do read distrubing fiction regularly and enjoy it, but this plot seemed to have taken a hard turn and didn't have a true resolution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Medical content

Moderate: Toxic relationship

lenahausr's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Murder, Mental illness, Medical content, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Homophobia, and Torture

Minor: Cannibalism

coolbitch's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Death, Slavery, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

dreamdoughnut's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gore, Homophobia, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Violence

ynadavis's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder, Self harm, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Vomit, and Medical content

lola_lab's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.25

So many trigger warnings. So many

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment, Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

taria's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Incest

Problematic dominant/submissive relationship, eating raw meat on purpose, parasites