Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

61 reviews

deirdrizzle's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

I forgot which list recommended this one... but this wasn't it.  The entire story is upsetting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Toxic friendship, Gore, and Child death

sam_pvmind's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

1.0

I would like to erase that book from my brain

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Infertility, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

monstersinspace's review

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

Horrible and gross, not well written either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Body horror, and Gaslighting

It's just not good.

aaround132's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

ngl i finished it in one sitting and i was HOOKED. it got me out of a huge slump. but would i recommend it to anyone? absolutely not, im ashamed to do so. the characters brains were so out of control that made me feel lime im mentally stable comparing to them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cannibalism, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Excrement, and Domestic abuse

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

bridgetcara's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

ok so i did not care for that AT ALL. graphic for the sake of being graphic. it might have stood a chance if the timeline in the book was longer than 3 months

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Vomit

erica_reads_things's review

dark mysterious 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

2.0

What the actual fuck.

Interesting idea, but lots of content just for shock value. Happens so quickly that it's hard to believe the relationship that the characters formed. The writing style also feels off sometimes - it's supposed to be "actual" emails written between the characters but often reads in style, voice, and format like a regular novel. Very strange and didn't make sense in the context of what the story was supposed to be portraying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Homophobia, and Sexual content

ynadavis'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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder, Self harm, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Vomit, and Medical content

cheyanndow'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

1.75

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Content Warnings

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