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Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
83 reviews
imogil's review
- 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 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.
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 meatcloud_z's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, Medical content, Self harm, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Vomit, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy
rory_john14's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Gore
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Vomit, Cursing, Pregnancy, Blood, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Classism, Medical content, Abortion, Terminal illness, Slavery, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Dementia, Abandonment, and Death of parent
nimbos's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
What starts as a suspiciously innocent interaction (derived from the naïvety of one of the characters which can sometimes be almost irritating), soon turns into a twisted and dark tale that I couldn't have anticipated. While short, it still retains enough detail that allows the reader to have a vivid (too vivid) image of the events, even appealing to other senses. It's hard for me to find a piece of writing that makes my skin crawl, but this one did exactly that. As much as I found myself frustrated by the end of the book, with many questions unanswered, I think this is one of those cases that teaches you that you don't have to find the meaning behind everything.
Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Gore, Toxic relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, and Medical content
Moderate: Torture and Vomit
wlw1tch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
I wouldn’t go to this book for representation by any means, but the characters’ queerness makes certain parts of the narrative much more compelling.
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Death, and Medical content
Minor: Terminal illness and Vomit
All instances of animal death are described in graphic detail,annie_brewer's review against another edition
- 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
3.25
In summary, this is a documentation of a dissolution into madness. Additionally, the reader gets dragged along to witness the disturbing descent.
The writing is eloquent and quite disarming at times with a story-telling pace, but the charm is quickly contrasted by the dark purpose of the discourse between the women, the relaying of a debauched or sinister thrill.
Loved the ambiguity of the women and that it was a very quick escalation - I thought both of these factors promoted the unsettling gnaw that the derailment could not be stopped. I did find some of the pacing a bit disjointed, and the inclusion of the contract felt unnecessary for the plot.
Lots of gross and vivid imagery, very gritty and grim 'plot', a trainwreck that is hard to look away from.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Animal death, and Child death
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Manipulation of vulnerable individual. Body horror.peckreadsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Child death, Suicide, Murder, Vomit, Grief, Death, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, Miscarriage, Murder, Self harm, and Pregnancy
tobibi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Excrement, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
jpn99's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Excrement, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Blood, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Violence
nuclear_droid's review
- 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
3.5
It was attention grabbing and it kept me wanting to know what will happen. Some of the descriptive language was really quite incredible (in the less icky bits). But it was also just so profoundly weird and off putting. I feel like I would’ve enjoyed it more if it was longer and the absurdity developed over time, very 0 to 100 real quick. An uncomfortable read but a read I still think was worth reading?
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship