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You've Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca

39 reviews

rosage's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

what did i just read?! this was the most incredible horror novel i’ve ever read! i want to read any and everything by eric larocca now. this book was phenomenal! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder, Stalking, Torture, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Child death, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Blood, Car accident, Death, and Kidnapping

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

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

dismalrain's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Animal death

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

dupont1998's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

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

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

howlinglibraries's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 

I didn't kill him because I wanted to. That would have been too easy.

When Eric posted a surprise announcement for this novella's release earlier this week, I was absolutely beside myself. There are some authors in this world whose work I enjoy so deeply and am held so captive by, that each and every new piece of fiction feels like something I need to get my hands on right away. I ordered a copy within mere seconds of seeing the announcement, but was lucky enough to be allowed to read the ebook while I waited for the shipment, and I'm so grateful for that, because I think I would have been counting down the hours and days until it arrived!

Now that I've experienced this bizarre little treat, I don't even know how to possibly describe You've Lost a Lot of Blood without spoiling it. There's a very good reason the synopsis for this story is so brief and vague: you need to go into it without knowing what to expect. In fact, even if I did tell you what to expect, spoilers and guts and all, I'm still not sure anyone could be fully prepared for the sheer unraveling chaos within these pages.

All I know is that, yet again, I've been reminded of why Eric's books hold such a special place in my heart. Dark and entrancing, their works always leave me reeling to process what I've just read in the best possible "what the hell just happened" way, and as always, I'll be counting down to their next release.

✨ Representation: multiple queer characters 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Murder, Death, Child death, and Body horror

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Alcohol, Cancer, and Pedophilia