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You've Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca

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brookey8888's review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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

2.75

I sadly didn’t enjoy this one as much as his other. I just felt like the author should have just picked one storyline because I was confused the whole time( I finally realized what was the point with 1 page left of the book. I don’t know if it was explained earlier and I missed it or what). Also it was not even that scary or horrific(really only one part). The book part was honestly so boring and confusing. This one was just not for me. 
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readingwithbritney's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-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? N/A

4.0

I went into this book completely blind, and I'm glad I did! I was so entertained by this. There's 2 stories within the novella, and some poetry as well. I didn't know what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised. It's not super violent or gory, but it does have a ton of suspense, and a few moments that sent chills down my spine. I would highly recommend this book to people that like psychological horror. I don't want to give much away, because I truly feel like everyone should go in blind on this one!
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nithya_natalya's review against another edition

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

4.25

I have no idea what I just read, and I loved it! I read this so fast, and was just  utterly mesmerized by it. The prose was really beautiful without holding on to any lit fic pretensions. It still felt solidly rooted in genre fic. I really wasn't sure where this was going. I love horror that feel cyclical. It's so creepy and haunting, and this book pulled that off well. The structure of the book was an interesting approach, and a great way to break up the novella within the novel, and leave you with cliffhangers. The only thing I didn't like were the the transcripts of phone recordings. It felt like kind of a wacky, unrealistic way to get the killers' actual voices into the text, and didn't quite make sense to me. Who records themselves having convos, and then records their inner thoughts during the conversation over the original audio after the fact? Can you even do that on a phone? Was he using audio editing software on his laptop??! 

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johnnytest's review against another edition

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

3.75

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caidyn's review against another edition

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

4.0

Out of the books I've read by LaRocca, this is my favorite after Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. I would have rated it higher, but I didn't love the ending.
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the_edgarallanhoe's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • 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

2.5

what??? was?? this??? 
I was vibing with it but the ending was a bit of a letdown 
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msradiosilence's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

TLDR; 4 rating, and I’m not sure how I feel about this one.
Content warnings at the bottom. :)

Last year I read Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica, and much like that book, this one is difficult to review. I know I liked the book, but I’m not sure, exactly, how I feel. The book is well written, and I love the way it’s written. It reminds me of found fiction, and good found footage at that. 

The story reminds me a lot of
those spiraling, restarting horror movies I sometimes enjoy.
But again, much like with those kinds of movies, it’s hit or miss and hardly ever done well. While I called this particular twist, because these kinds of stories, movie or otherwise, are very formulaic, it was still interesting. 

There were some typos, but since this book was self-published, I’m not gonna hold it against LaRocca. 

Rating: 4
Would I recommend? Yes, especially if you enjoy movies like In the Tall Grass/Triangle/Happy Death Day, and true crime.

Content warnings: Car accident, Child death, Blood, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Vomit, Violence, Murder, and Sexual content
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brokenbook's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Within You’ve Lost A Lot of Blood there’s two separate pieces of writing, the main story and the novella. I found myself stalling a bit on the narrative and loving the novella, they tie together but the characters can be a bit hard to follow and lack a true connection. My third Eric LaRocca book and I enjoy their writing and poetic nature. Quick-ish dark read that has an adventurous/true crime side along Eric’s poetic way of writing.
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dosxhime's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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mirnda's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A book that demands to be reread as soon as you've finished it. The plot slithers in a delightfully disturbing circle, and the series of reveals near the end are perfectly foreshadowed in a way that hit my brain's dopamine button over and over. I've been devouring LaRocca's work over the past couple weeks, and this is my favorite so far.
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