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kristen_mk's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Utterly disturbing and yet I can't stop thinking about it. I feel like this book will be haunting my dreams. I personally really enjoyed the author's writing style and now want to dive into the back catalog. (After I recover from this one) This cosmic horror story has 3 different POV's that all come together in a sadistic conclusion with a sliver of hope. While there are 3 different POV's, I felt like the audio narrator did a great job. The narrator really set the tone for the creepy uneasiness to seep into my mind.
If you want to be left wondering "What the f*ck did I just read?!?", I highly recommend. Be sure to check the trigger warnings for this book, there are a lot of brutal scenes.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this book!
If you want to be left wondering "What the f*ck did I just read?!?", I highly recommend. Be sure to check the trigger warnings for this book, there are a lot of brutal scenes.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Torture, and Rape
Moderate: Death and Kidnapping
rosage's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
what did i just read? i feel like i say that every time i read one of their books but i never know what i just read. this was dark, gross, uncomfortable, and one of the best reads i’ve probably ever had.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Religious bigotry, Violence, Homophobia, Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Gore, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content
enchantressreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“Her world was darkness, and that’s often where the monsters felt most at home.”
Eric LaRocca is quite famous for writing messy, sad, grief horror. Everything the Darkness Eats is no different. We follow a few different points of view, all handling grief their own ways. Some worse than others.
Ghost Everling was in a car accident with his wife, Hailey, and she did not survive. It’s been three years, and he’s trying to navigate his new life with a ghoul on his shoulder telling him the accident was his fault.
Heart Crowley is an eccentric elderly man who manages his grief by trying to control every situation around him.
Malik and husband Brett are grieving the marriage they could have had, had they not dealt with the homophobia from the neighborhood.
For most of the story, you have no idea how the three different stories connect, but in the end, boy do they connect. As always, LaRocca weaves a tale that takes you by surprise while hurting your feelings the entire way.
This story is not a fast story, unlike their other works. There’s a lot underneath the words, a lot of subtext. I actually would like to reread this story in the future to see if I can pick things out that I hadn’t seen originally.
There were a couple slow parts, which makes this not quite a five star read, but enjoyable nonetheless.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Blood
Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture
Minor: Car accident
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