Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

397 reviews

kathann's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Excrement, Gore, and Mental illness

insaneeli's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Homophobia

Moderate: Body horror

imogil's review

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

i should’ve listened to tiktok when they said it was lesbian torture porn. literally why was this written. even the authors note provided no clarity on why this was written. i hate that it was set out as if it was a true crime case - even though unfortunately that could make very poignant commentary on our societal obsession with “true crime” and not letting victims rest but i doubt the author went into this story thinking of that. he literally described their story as “a nightmarish fever dream of inspiration, an arduous ordeal of painstaking creativity.” i understand the want for portrayal of unhealthy bdsm dynamics i guess and the want for people to read gorey horror but it wasn’t even well written??? agnes did not show any signs of being mentally ill to the point that she could be exploited so whole heartedly. i HATED zoe and the fact that she did all of that to agnes - RUINED AGNES’S LIFE - just to see if she could. the only reason this book has 1 star is because the author - unfortunately - has a great grasp on descriptive language and i was able to picture a lot of this really well. 
i do realise that this was a dead dove clearly labeled do not eat and yet i chose to eat the dove anyway. i have read many dd:dne fics and stories before and been fine - i guess this dead dove just wasn’t to my taste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual content, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

unhealthy bdsm dynamics, graphic depiction of a tapeworm and the passing of it, graphic depiction and description of eating raw insect filled meat

acgeorge's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Death, Grief, Self harm, and Vomit

flavroc's review

dark emotional tense 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

Pacing is a little too quick, reader should sit with the horror described for greater effect. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gore

maggieoc_x's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Murder and Gore

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Homophobia

laurianeisreading's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Self harm, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Gore, and Mental illness

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Miscarriage and Lesbophobia

sarahbee_'s review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

excuse my language but what the fuck was that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Toxic relationship

victorsbookshelf's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, Mental illness, Violence, Sexual content, Death, and Drug abuse

theohume's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Gore, and Child death