Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca

44 reviews

shantot's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Death, Violence, Excrement, Blood, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

joperceptions's review against another edition

This book was disgusting? Once I’m done reading my current read I’m going to try and pick this one back up again but am super hesitant to. It takes gore to a whole new level and not it a good way- a level where I consistently had to stop reading for a bit and just sit in my feeling of “wtf am I reading right now”. 

Unsure what the purpose of writing something like this would even be? I really thought it would be better than it was, like a crime/ horror queer novel. And it was horror and it was queer but just the wrong kind of horror. Like a really, utterly fucked up kind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Infertility, Medical content, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual content

lovelylilelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Blood, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

themeadowlibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

1.5

What have you done today to deserve your eyes?

An interesting concept with some really badly done writing. 

I wish I could give this a higher rating because it was viscerally disturbing and unique. However, the writing fell extremely flat for me, and the overall story seemed rushed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Self harm, Gaslighting, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Stalking, Death, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

wallywoahjack's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

2.75

This is not a book I would have typically picked for myself.. I found this book from a review from YouTube Jules Dapper. I’m mixed up which book is which and ordered this one instead of Dead Inside so I was really surprised by the plot even though I had already seen a review for the book.
This book is dark. REALLY DARK. the first story had me gagging. The writing style is really good but it’s a rough read. The stories themselves are good but like I said it’s a physically rough read. The writing is good but there is a lot of triggering content so I’d be very careful to read the tags and know what your getting into. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Body horror, Death, Blood, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Child death, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Physical abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Toxic relationship

hunkydory's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Grief, Miscarriage, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, and Child death

mik_yekcuts's review against another edition

dark tense 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

1.5

Feels like the author hates women, first and foremost. All the “horror” elements felt forced and gratuitous. Tried too hard to be edgy and shocking but the characters were not well developed enough for any of it to land. The repeated theme of crucifixion and pregnancy felt almost fetishistic, and was definitely redundant and out of place. I will say that I finished the first two very quickly but sadly was let down both times and really had to push myself to read the third story, anticipating disappointment again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, and Suicide

nittiotvaan's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Torture, and Emotional abuse

spookieboogie's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.75

Three stories. Third person POV.

Story one contains a sapphic couple. Story three contains an achillean couple.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Death, Child death, Animal death, Blood, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

barrybj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Grief, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, and Vomit

Minor: Child abuse, Racism, and Lesbophobia

i know a horror book is good when it makes me say "oh my fucking god" out loud while reading it