Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

5 reviews

harmon's review

dark fast-paced

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

2.75

It was a very short and fast, but difficult read. I'm even surprised that I didn't throw up whilst I was reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Child death, Blood, Gore, Death, and Body horror

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

onthelam's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

this book left me feeling uneasy and unfulfilled. this was a very good concept that should have been explored properly..the actual story was creepy but it was the unnecessary tangents that seem to give it the reputation, which it just didn't live up to.  It very much felt like the 5-day fervent dream it says it was. But you know what, it was pretty good for a quick blast of creativity. Just not my thing. In the end, though it did make me want to read more books that explore a toxic relationship better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical content and Suicide

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment

angrboda's review

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

3.75

this was horrid. but i cant stop thinking about it and that’s why i’m rating it so high (compared to most reviews). i love psychological horror, but this was unnecessarily gruesome. i also wished it was less fast paced, the personality switch for both characters was very sudden and i wish it was more slowly done. something about this book stands out to me. maybe it’s how rancid the plot is. maybe it’s the ending. maybe it’s how shocked i felt the entire half hour it took to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Slavery, Sexual content, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

ghosty_mcghosterson's review

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence