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Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca

59 reviews

illtakethenightshiftx's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

Eric LaRocca is a great short story author and this novel felt like it should’ve been 3-4 separate short stories in the same anthology. Nothing felt cohesive and when the two main narratives came together it was so quick and didn’t make a lot of sense. Also, considering this audiobook was only about 5.5 hours long, it was so wordy!

Honestly, it felt like a draft that needed more work, between the use of language and extremely heavy-handed themes. The story as a whole was underwhelming and I didn’t find myself attached to any of the characters (which is a bad sign!). I’ve only been blown away/completely impressed by one of LaRocca’s short stories and found their other works underwhelming, so I honestly don’t know what I was expecting from this novel.

If you really like LaRocca’s work, you might enjoy this.

I also cannot stress enough, check the content warnings and read other reviews.

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hauntedantiqueshop's review

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dark fast-paced

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

0.5

What an absolute JOKE. I’m truly at a loss with what to say about this unnecessary book but here it goes.

Imagine writing horrific sexual assault and then almost idolizing the attacker (calling him his God and seeing how attractive he really is is so fucking disgusting), making your readers that could get through it read it, to then haphazardly slap “don’t worry, God fixed it and they literally don’t even remember it now” at the end. Not to mention the weird ableism sprinkled throughout the book, mixed with utterly unreliable actions by almost every single character. Don’t get me wrong, ACAB all day long. But not a single officer in that department is fully investigating the disappearances of these people all over town or THE KIDNAPPING? The taxi driver is just cool with being an accomplice??

I can’t help but to think Eric LaRocca hates their audience and truly thinks of them as fucking idiots.

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912jae's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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ecn's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

So good but not much of a build up and the quickest resolution/wrap up, which left me wanting more

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sphinxofblackquartz's review against another edition

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4.0

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statefossil's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Docking a quarter star bc I wish LaRocca had let us see the assailants be punished.

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theochick's review

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challenging dark

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No

1.0

This book had an interesting concept and incredibly poor execution. Definitely mind the content warnings (I probably missed some)! Prologue sets up a way more enjoyable/fun story than the book delivers which I think makes it even more disappointing

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