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Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca
34 reviews
barrybj's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Grief, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, and Vomit
Minor: Child abuse, Racism, and Lesbophobia
i know a horror book is good when it makes me say "oh my fucking god" out loud while reading itlilybear3's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This was on everyone's tiktok so I wanted to experience it for myself. This wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Do I have critiques? Of course, so let's get into it. I liked this edition because it had 2 other stories. I don't know if the original book has this, but the author explains the inspiration for each short story and I really appreciated that.
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke: WTF did I read? I get why people are disgusted, horrified, etc, but isn't that the point? There's just about every CW/TW possible. The ending was confusing in the sense that why on earth did it end like that. My critique is in the characterization. The characters didn't seem realistic in the way they talked to each other in the emails. The Instant Message chats were more believable. This story had more potential to be suspenseful and horrifying, but the pacing was too fast. Their relationship escalated too quickly and it's hard to believe that Agnes would dive so deep into a relationship within, what, like 2 weeks? I looked up the meaning of the ending because I was curious if I missed something, I like that there is discussion surrounding it. 3/5
The Enchantment: I liked this better than the first story. It was truly suspenseful, but the ending was confusing. I am interested in things with religious undertones and I was trying so hard to put the pieces together. It wasn't as climatic as it could've been but I was scared of what would come next. 3/5
You'll Find It's Like That All Over: This story reminded me of The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell and The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe. I don't know if it's as good as those since it's been a while, but it's similar. I could tell where this story was going since it was familiar, and I don't think that's a bad thing. 3.5/5
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke: WTF did I read? I get why people are disgusted, horrified, etc, but isn't that the point? There's just about every CW/TW possible. The ending was confusing in the sense that why on earth did it end like that. My critique is in the characterization. The characters didn't seem realistic in the way they talked to each other in the emails. The Instant Message chats were more believable. This story had more potential to be suspenseful and horrifying, but the pacing was too fast. Their relationship escalated too quickly and it's hard to believe that Agnes would dive so deep into a relationship within, what, like 2 weeks? I looked up the meaning of the ending because I was curious if I missed something, I like that there is discussion surrounding it. 3/5
The Enchantment: I liked this better than the first story. It was truly suspenseful, but the ending was confusing. I am interested in things with religious undertones and I was trying so hard to put the pieces together. It wasn't as climatic as it could've been but I was scared of what would come next. 3/5
You'll Find It's Like That All Over: This story reminded me of The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell and The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe. I don't know if it's as good as those since it's been a while, but it's similar. I could tell where this story was going since it was familiar, and I don't think that's a bad thing. 3.5/5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Death, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Grief, Self harm, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Torture
Moderate: Confinement
boglord's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual content, and Body horror
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Abandonment, Infertility, and Vomit
nobeliumreads's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
3.5
Thank you Netgalley for providing a digital ARC.
Three short stories so this review is basically three reviews in one. I have to admit that I do not read horror often and the last two did not feel like horror to me. But, they were all quick and fast-paced reads that I found intriguing regardless and am excited to see what the author has for us in the future.
1. Things have gotten worse since we last spoke (4 stars)
CW: Animal cruelty, animal death, body horror, vomit, suicidal thoughts, sexual content, child abuse
I’ve already read this one and I didn’t notice any changes when I reread it so I’m going to assume nothing was changed, however I definitely appreciated the story a lot more this time around and even though I already knew what was to happen, I did still feel dread whilst reading it.
I remember not knowing what to expect going into this book; all I knew was that it was sapphic horror in an internet chatroom and though the format was quite new to me and I wasn’t expecting it, it was good! Pretty much my only complaint was that I wish we had more because I was quite invested in Agnes and Zoe’s relationship but I liked where it left off too.
Overall, my favourite of the three!
2. The enchantment (3 stars)
CW: Death of a child, suicide, suicide attempt, infidelity, miscarriage, death
An intriguing beginning and end and I did like it and thought it had potential, but the writing and pacing really threw me off. The word ‘notice’ and the phrase ‘senses herself’ appeared way too much and I found that the story wasn’t subtle at all as things that the characters miss are constantly pointed out in a ‘what they don’t see is…’ sort of fashion. I’m not sure if that was intentional, but it just felt juvenile to me.
As we neared the end, I felt like everything was being rushed as we had time skip after time skip and there wasn’t enough happening in each little section. I think I would have liked more set up on the religious aspect of the story, or even the story just being longer in the first place. In general, I was just so thrown off by the writing that I did not feel any strong emotions with this one.
3. You’ll find it’s like that all over (3 stars)
I’m not quite sure what to make of this one. It felt more like a really long riddle than anything else and although I did love the theme and the ending, I think it’s just not for me. I did like the writing though and how Mr. Fowler was so desperate to stay courteous and polite he went through all of that despite his growing reluctance because honestly relatable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content
Minor: Vomit, Body horror, and Child abuse
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