Reviews tagging 'Blood'

You've Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca

50 reviews

wadefrye's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was amazing. It was the first book that have ever read fully through. When i first started to read this book I was a little confused on how the poems, the novella, and the conversation recordings linked together, but then in the end it made sense. I will definitely be recommending this book to others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

thebookishlibra_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Torture

Moderate: Vomit, Murder, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

Minor: Alcohol

jaedia's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, and Death of parent

bookedandbusy'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

5.0

This was a wild ride from start to finish. Such a strange book, and I loved it.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Death, Terminal illness, Murder, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcoholism

mikimachtchaos's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Incredible. I've never read anything  like this  ever before. I was unable to stop reading or to take my mind off the book. It's depicted in such an interesting way, truly a masterpiece

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Toxic relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Gore, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Minor: War, Vomit, Alcohol, and Self harm

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

dalmavatai's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense 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

3.0

This was a ride for sure. This book is very well-written, and especially the parts about Martyr and Ambrose, their relationship, and their conversations are so fascinating and thought-provoking. Not just Martyr's psychopathic thinking but also their conversations about what it means to be human. 

However, the story within a story unfortunately didn't work for me. It was way too centred on machinery stuff (iykyk) and I just didn't give a single fuck until the very end. I think both storylines have a surprising ending that I really enjoyed, but unfortunately that didn't entirely make up for the story-within-a-story being so boring and absurd. So all in all I feel like it's around a 3🌟, but I'm definitely planning to pick up Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke which comes out in September on Amazon UK!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Sexual content, and Violence

beesbookss's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Car accident, Alcohol, and Blood

whatellisreadnext's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Another brilliant little novella from Eric LaRocca. I love that everytime I pick up one of his books, I know I'm about to read something wild. I adored the unique way structure, the matter of fact weirdness we're forced to accept and how everything comes full circle in the end. Just know, I'm trying to be as vague as possible, because you're best going into his books knowing nothing at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Suicide, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, and Blood

velvetsun's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Body horror