Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

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

4 reviews

ptrmsschrs's review

dark fast-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: Violence, Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Excrement, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, and Torture

libbywibby's review

challenging dark 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

4.0

this book was an adventure and i’m kinda of concerned i liked it as much as i did lol. the last short story was very dull tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Miscarriage, Racism, and Rape

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

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