Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca

65 reviews

hexedmaiden's review

dark medium-paced

3.0

I wanted to love this, after all I've enjoyed LaRocca's previous stories but the ending to this was a flop for me. Something about it just felt a little rushed, but it is a happier ending than I expected so I appreciate that at least. I don't think I'm completely done with reading LaRocca's works and hopefully his next full length novel I'll enjoy more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Homophobia

shutupsylvia's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

This honestly isn’t my fave from LaRocca, I felt like the pacing was super slow and it made it harder to stay interested, but overall I did enjoy the characters and story overall. LaRocca created such a cool cosmic horror, that I wish it had played a larger role in the story as a whole. Humans are the real monsters of this story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Homophobia, Violence, Hate crime, and Kidnapping

Minor: Kidnapping

i wish we hadn’t gone with the violent hate crimes but it is an LGBT horror novel so i guess that is to be expected in some capacity.

Humans truly are the monsters of this story

theochick's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Islamophobia, Grief, Violence, Religious bigotry, Rape, Gore, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Pedophilia

heartofhorrors's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Homophobia, Car accident, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Biphobia, Hate crime, Islamophobia, and Violence

atipsygiraffe's review against another edition

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Violence

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Chronic illness

Minor: Medical content and Addiction

achay91's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Excrement, Grief, Hate crime, Blood, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Murder

emilysunflowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Gore, Homophobia, Excrement, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Violence, Blood, and Physical abuse

frutista_freeze's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Violence and Rape

Minor: Kidnapping

alylentz's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

This was not for me! I think Erica LaRocca tends to do better with a less conventional narrative format. At times I found this to be annoyingly over-the-top both in terms of prose and story choices, missing all of the freshness and ambiguity of his shorter stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Violence, and Gore