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A review by vanessa177
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
2.0
I was very disappointed when I neared the end of this and realized that I was not going to like it. I am the kind of horror fan that was 100% in after reading just a short paragraph describing this book. The prose itself is great. Both characters have very distinct voices, but I didn't feel like switching between each was jarring. While I did not like how their relationship developed, I think the way they wrote to each other seemed very realistic. I could believe that these were actual e-mails and instant messenger conversations.
What disappointed me about this book is that we don't really see the relationship between the two characters develop. They very quickly go from meeting each other to being completely obsessed. Zoe's sudden interest in being submissive was almost silly. We get very basic psychological profiles of the main characters, but not much else to go on. I would not go as far as to say I felt offended by this book, but I do not think it is an unreasonable opinion. The reader is left to fill in a lot of blanks, and one way of filling those blanks is stereotypes about lesbians and women generally. It does also feel like the book is rushing to get to misery and gross stuff in a way that is not entirely unlike how 50 Shades of Grey is in a hurry to get to the sex scenes.
What disappointed me about this book is that we don't really see the relationship between the two characters develop. They very quickly go from meeting each other to being completely obsessed. Zoe's sudden interest in being submissive was almost silly. We get very basic psychological profiles of the main characters, but not much else to go on. I would not go as far as to say I felt offended by this book, but I do not think it is an unreasonable opinion. The reader is left to fill in a lot of blanks, and one way of filling those blanks is stereotypes about lesbians and women generally. It does also feel like the book is rushing to get to misery and gross stuff in a way that is not entirely unlike how 50 Shades of Grey is in a hurry to get to the sex scenes.