Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

61 reviews

xsamwise's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Gore, Mental illness, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

whiston01's review

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Animal death, Murder, and Domestic abuse

zoesauve's review

challenging dark 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

1.25

I truly wish I had never read this book. It was generally well written, but the contents were so disturbing that I am still shaken a week later. 

I also found the whole "lesbian yearns to be impregnated" thing to be extremely reductive, especially coming from a male author. IDK, seemed like a weird fantasy that the author was putting on these queer characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Body horror, and Torture

ariet's review

dark sad slow-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

2.75

A quick read, and kind of like passing a car wreck. You know things aren't going to end well, but you just can't stop, which is a testament to LaRocca's writing. At the same time, while I couldn't put it down, I wasn't really satisfied from a plot angle, a common weakness in epistolary-style stories. Will I read it again? Probably not. Will I think about it whenever I make an apple pie? It will haunt my baking like a ghost.

Triggers are about, so if you're considering picking it up, please check out the CW section.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

foxymoxie13's review

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

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

moss_martii's review

dark tense fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Violence, Body horror, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, and Torture

devilledgreggs's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I’m speechless 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Self harm and Homophobia

ru_th's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

There’s a reason objects burn up when they fall to earth like gruesome angels — a reason other than the obvious one. Asteroids the size of armored cars narrow to mere pebbles in a matter of seconds. It’s because the planet is a carnivore and just wants to be fed. People want that as well. People like to eat other people. 
I spent so many years forgetting I had teeth, too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

hannalizzy's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

Unnecessarily gross. The story being told within the frame of a true crime case is what held the book together, in my opinion. A trainwreck you can’t help but watch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders