Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

21 reviews

chantel_stewart's review

adventurous reflective tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Self harm, Vomit, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

chicken_steadicam's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Just a heads up that the first story has a pretty graphic description involving

one of the characters getting a tapeworm

and it genuinely put me off the rest of the book. Not saying it was necessarily bad or anything, I just can't deal with that content specifically.

joandec_00's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Gore, Body horror, and Eating disorder

missgrangerr's review against another edition

Due to the animal abuse, mental abuse, and overall writing of this novella I had to put it down. Just not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Mental illness, and Animal death

saint_eleanor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was mind boggling y’all. I don’t think i could say enough good things abt this book so I’m just gonna compare reading each story to watching specific movies. ¯\_(•3•)_/¯ 

1. the first story was like watching Helter Skelter (2012), Love Exposure, Bones and All, Anti-Christ, Raw, and Titane.
2. The second one is like watching Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Lodge, Enys Men, & Saint Maud.
3. The third is JUST like Speak No Evil, The Invitation (2015) and Creep.

read it!
Discord: @pickledfishxoxo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Violence, Self harm, Suicide, and Infertility

Minor: Sexual content

Eating bugs, crucifixion, psychological abuse.

biwi's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I was warned about what this book contained but oh my god it took a strange and grotesque turn.

What was the point of the court case layout? That didn't seem to head anywhere. Also, the tapeworm in general was just strange. Not necessarily a positive or negative just a strange and surprising ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, and Gore

cecilyroseceillam's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.0

This is a book. Very triggering and disgusting about a depraved lesbian relationship. After reading this you will look at Apple peelers, tape worms and meat very differently.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Child death

ladyinverse's review against another edition

yeah i couldn't finish it the moment i heard "the cat and the priest."

i can handle a decent amount of viscera and whatnot but i can't do animal cruelty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Animal death

hick's review

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia and Abandonment

aalfie's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, and Self harm