Reviews

You've Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca

mlang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

santaliago's review against another edition

3.0

3.6 stars

This was amazing on all fronts. Though I can’t say I was the largest fan of when there was a change in format but I’ve grown to love the style. Sure I’m not one for the odd prose sewed into it but the conversations between Ambrose and Martyr were spectacular and set the tone for the rest of the experience.

There’s something haunted and twisted about how LaRocca writes reality in fiction that has me hooked on it. I can’t stop reading his stuff despite my ratings seeming a bit low. I just recommend LaRocca in general.

hey_hail's review against another edition

5.0

i don’t know what the point was but i loved the ride

l0yalr3ads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

anniesaur's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

maisonmarsiela's review against another edition

2.0

2.5 stars - a quick read with an interesting premise, but i found the execution to be lacklustre. the writing was pretentious, yet full of grammatical errors and inconsistencies

ambrose_7's review against another edition

4.0

LaRocca can't be compared to anyone else; he's doing things to the genre never done before and I'm very much here for it. This novel reminded me of a classic, with deep meanings behind everything, and intent with every word and symbol. It will never get the recognition of books of old, it's disturbing and horrific and therefore not easily understood by many, and purposely misunderstood by even more. But I think that something like this inspires the reader to do more than look at the words and move on, it's a book that fosters contemplation into the darker parts of life.

I read many reviews of this book on Goodreads because it's a book that sparks violent emotions, good or bad, and I wanted to see what other people thought about it. Many people didn't get it and I was so with them, until the end of the book where I felt like it all came together. I don't know if I'm completely making this up and just want to think I got it, after all, it's more an abstract feeling hard to put into words. But I think it spoke to me of the human condition, about what makes life worth unliving and the justification of evil and horrid things. I got something from it. I don't know if it's what LaRocca wanted me to get, but I got it. (It also had a main character with my name which will probably never happen again)

(ATY #21)

teaselkie's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

takey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.75

dolores_lola's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

3.5