Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

87 reviews

snyxism's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

guerre's review against another edition

dark tense 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

2.25

si queres leer algo muy asqueroso y turbio lee esto, si no, no lo leas

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Gore, Medical content, and Animal cruelty

hoax_meal'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? Yes

I have a habit of reading books I know I'll hate, just to be able to put those feelings into words. THGWSWLS is the second most disgusting book I've read, right after The Troop (for those who have read it, you can see the irony.) Things Have Gotten Worse is a masterclass in being disgusting for the sake of being disgusting. There is practically no plot, and the 'twist' is hardly believable nor purposeful (other than !thankfully! bringing the book to a close.) Look, just because this isn't for me doesn't mean YOU'LL hate it, if 100 pages of chatlogs and emails detailing grafic gore fetishism is something you're into i couldn't recommend this book more. (Not to mention 50% of the page being taken up by email formatting...) Please .. just spare yourself. I wasted a day reading this so you don't have to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Gore

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Confinement and Injury/Injury detail

shinsoukoku's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

underwhelming

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Self harm, Mental illness, Medical content, and Slavery

Minor: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Lesbophobia, and Vomit

rosesofthespring's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Animal death, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

I put "pregnancy" as a content warning because it's discussed in detail, but for further clarification:

no one technically gets pregnant. Technically.

jennaxbakos's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

It disturbed me deeply but in the best way. It’s a beautiful written book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Cursing, Body horror, Violence, Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, Self harm, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

lacee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Lesbophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Medical content

Minor: Cursing, Confinement, Child abuse, Vomit, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

onthelam's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

this book left me feeling uneasy and unfulfilled. this was a very good concept that should have been explored properly..the actual story was creepy but it was the unnecessary tangents that seem to give it the reputation, which it just didn't live up to.  It very much felt like the 5-day fervent dream it says it was. But you know what, it was pretty good for a quick blast of creativity. Just not my thing. In the end, though it did make me want to read more books that explore a toxic relationship better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical content and Suicide

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment

harley_sage's review against another edition

challenging 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

beautifully written gore, not really my cup of tea tho

i hate the open ending and it kind of ruins it a little bit for  me, i wish we could've gotten a more concrete ending and knew maybe what happened with zoey as well

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Torture, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Slavery, Sexism, and Misogyny

filipateodoro'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

What was the point of this, exactly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical content, Sexual content, and Vomit