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Las cosas han empeorado desde la última vez que hablamos (y otras desgracias) by Eric LaRocca

69 reviews

jesscoast's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.0

I ripped through these three short horror stories, all with their own strange and unsettling premises. I was drawn in by the first, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, because of the chat room format and internet friendship gone wrong plot. The plunge into darkness was abrupt, disturbing, and shocking. I found myself getting queasy and squeamish, for a story set entirely online, the fictional real world consequences and true crime set up were intensely gory. The build up was addictive though and I couldn’t help but brace myself for the worst, dreadful of how far things could go. For a former internet teen such as myself, this is maybe the ultimate horror because it blends internet anonymity with the late night isolated, curious, frenzied message boards and chats with no supervision, guidebook, or sanity or safety checks. 

The other stories were dark and sad though I won’t say they’ll be nearly as memorable to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

courtneypaigea's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Grief

rowstream's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

- Älskar formatet med utdrag av chattkonversationer och mail i 1:a novellen. Gör att vilken text som helst känns mer lättläst. 
- Älskar att det lämnas mycket för tolkning och spekulation. 
- Älskar att det hela tiden ligger en tryckande känsla av obehag genom alla 3 novellerna. 
- Älskar författarens skrivsätt. 

- Varför parasiter?! Hujedamig. 
- Uppskattar mindre sonens dödsfall i 2:a novellen då den verkar OMÖJLIG. Men alla har artistisk frihet, jag kan bara inte se hur det är möjligt?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

dexlud's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes is a beautiful short story collection by Eric LaRocca, consisting of 3 beautifully told horror stories that make your blood run cold. My favourite story was the second one, The Enlightenment. I found the storytelling amazing and loved it so much! My least favourite was the final one, You’ll Find It’s Like That All Over, which was amazing and I still loved, just not as much as the other two.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

jaedia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

abookishgoth's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Racism and Pregnancy

madelinequinne's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

3.5

Interesting ideas in the book, but from how much i’ve seen it hyped up online, it disappointed me slightly. It wasn’t as disturbing as I expected, but I did enjoy the stories, especially Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. Each story gave me Black Mirror vibes, and i’d love to see them adapted for screen one day!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

ohdearmariie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

auteaandtales's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

likeagilmoregirl's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting