Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

15 reviews

bluedesi's review

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

An unsettling quick read. Genuinely got sick to my stomach and had to skip over some emails in the first story. All interesting and kept me captivated however.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Body horror, and Confinement

charlizardbookboi17's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

This book was ROUGH but what a story. I was not prepared for that ending in any way, shape or fashion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Excrement, Self harm, Suicide, Body horror, Confinement, Torture, Gore, Grief, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

aidrielle's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Child death, Body horror, and Mental illness

mhigbee's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Slavery, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Violence

thehhugg's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.0

This book was hyped by a lot of people as one of the scariest books they'd ever read. I kept waiting for that to be true for me too, and it never was. There was zero character development, and therefore zero stakes. The only truly disturbing thing in the book had nothing to do with the plot whatsoever, and isn't exactly going to keep me up at night. Really disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Animal death, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Child death, Medical content, Slavery, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide and Vomit

katbamkapow's review

dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

It was fun! I mean, if you know what you're in for. A quick, horrifying read on the sofa in one sitting. At times  it felt like the prose was working a little harder than it needed to, simply for the sake of itself, but for something so short it didn't really bother me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Torture, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Grief, Self harm, Animal cruelty, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual content

meghanh2020's review

dark tense fast-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

3.75

DEEPLY disturbing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Confinement

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

hoax_meal's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

I have a habit of reading books I know I'll hate, just to be able to put those feelings into words. THGWSWLS is the second most disgusting book I've read, right after The Troop (for those who have read it, you can see the irony.) Things Have Gotten Worse is a masterclass in being disgusting for the sake of being disgusting. There is practically no plot, and the 'twist' is hardly believable nor purposeful (other than !thankfully! bringing the book to a close.) Look, just because this isn't for me doesn't mean YOU'LL hate it, if 100 pages of chatlogs and emails detailing grafic gore fetishism is something you're into i couldn't recommend this book more. (Not to mention 50% of the page being taken up by email formatting...) Please .. just spare yourself. I wasted a day reading this so you don't have to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Gore

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Confinement and Injury/Injury detail

rosesofthespring's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Animal death, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

I put "pregnancy" as a content warning because it's discussed in detail, but for further clarification:

no one technically gets pregnant. Technically.

lacee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Lesbophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Medical content

Minor: Cursing, Confinement, Child abuse, Vomit, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail