Reviews tagging 'Death'

You've Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca

41 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

sharkgirlsam's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

because of the way this book is compiled i don't feel like i can give it a rating? i really enjoyed reading it (i was looking for something that would make me squirm) but it doesn't really fit the normal book composition so it's hard to give it stars 
with that said, this book was one of the most unique and disturbing i've read so far 
•it's 10000% more vibes than plot which i've learned i actually LOVE 
•probably the most gory, graphic, grotesque book i've read so far and probably is my limit, i don't know if i could handle anything that could possibly be worse than this (check TW for this one) 
•in my opinion it's more of an anthology of a fictional character put together by a fictional editor which was a little confusing at first but i found it to be pretty cool 
•there's a story within a story and i liked them both which is one of the reasons i think i liked it so much 
•the diary entries literally made my skin crawl and stomach churn i almost couldn't get through some of them 
•the novella reminded me so much of the saw movies, my favorite horror flicks, so ofc i ate it up! 
•i have my own personal theory as to how the novella is related to the diary entries and selected poems but i'll leave that out  

bookstagram: @littlelibraryofsam !! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Body horror and Suicidal thoughts

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. What's it about? I don't even know. It's kind of a dialogue between two men who are dating. One is a serial killer. It switches back and forth between that and a novella written by the serial killer in which we follow the story of a video game designer and her little brother who move to a rich/well-known game developers estate because she was hired to work on one of his new games. There's a lot of strangeness surrounding the designer and his estate. Weird stuff happens. Best to go into it not really knowing anything.

Things I liked:

• This book is very eloquently written. I literally enjoyed the words used. It was poetic.
• It felt like reading two books in one and neither part was boring. It did this incredibly well despite not being a lot book itself.
• There was a lot of ambiguity but it seriously worked in this book. No information dumping!
• I was surprised. Little hints are dropped throughout the book that certain things were happening and it really comes full circle (mostly in the novella portion).
• I found a lot of the characters to be likeable and colourful.

Things I Didn't Like:

• That it ended. I wanted to know more!! Although I suspect knowing too much would take some of the magic and the mystery away from this book. This might be my favourite book of the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Child death, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual content and Alcohol

Body Horror:

After playing the video game, characters become part machine with oil, gears, and wires beneath their skin.

There's obviously some blood. Child Death/Death:

Lots of characters die. It hard to say if a child really dies, or if his soul is trapped inside the video game and he can be saved. Much ambiguity.

Murder/Toxic Relationship:

One of our main characters is a serial killer and wants to kill his boyfriend.

Some alcohol use. Sexual Content: Most of this is talked about rather than witnessed.

There is one lesbian sex scene. Not too graphic.

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

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

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

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