Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

11 reviews

nimbos's review

dark tense fast-paced

• 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

Fast-paced, this book works like a police report of e-mail and message exchange. The format was the first thing that left an impression on me, making the whole plot feel much more impersonal.

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.

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Content Warnings

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

jaymerrick's review

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

friendofdorothea's review against another edition

dark medium-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? It's complicated

Disgusting disturbing 
Why was this a sapphic couple? I would think Zoe was actually a man because what woman would do that it almost feels offensive as a lesbian to read this omg Im surprised I didn’t throw up. Also so weird that a man wrote this 
I don’t know why anyone would write this but not surprised that it wasn’t a woman that wrote this. Like how did this come into somebody’s head. Ew 🤮🤮🤮
This author needs to go to therapy 
Also I may never eat again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

cinnamon_'s review

1.0

Not gonna lie, this was one of the worst books I've ever read. It was just bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide, Abandonment, Child abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Animal death, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Gore

mhigbee's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Slavery, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Violence

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

lenahausr's review

challenging dark sad 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Murder, Mental illness, Medical content, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Homophobia, and Torture

Minor: Cannibalism

lgw3456's review

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

1.0

finished in an hour & it still wasn't worth the time it took to read it. good if you're looking for gross-out/shock horror i guess? characters felt underdeveloped & almost indistinguishable which is unfortunate when the format of your story is email conversations. gross and then sad - not worth the hype imo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

bookswithgracie's review

challenging dark tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

foxmulders's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• 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

it's because the planet is a carnivore and wants to be fed. people want that as well. people want to eat other people. i spent so many years forgetting i had teeth, too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Vomit