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A review by house_of_hannah
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca
dark
sad
medium-paced
3.0
Thank you so much to Titan Books and NetGalley for providing me with an e-ARC; it is greatly appreciated.
I was approved to read this halfway through the day, and it gets archived tomorrow, so I'm not sure why the publisher is still approving requests, as this gave me no time to read. I felt very rushed, so my reading experience was probably not the best because of this.
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke - This went in a different direction than I was anticipating ! I read the last page several times, because I just could not believe that's how it was ending. I'm not sure how I feel about the portrayal of mental illness here though. Also, strong content warning for animal cruelty/death.
I did enjoy the format of telling this story through emails and IM messages. It made the story snappy, but man, I could not imagine entering a contract with someone that quickly. They really barely communicated with each other. Unless that wasn't supposed to be all their correspondance and I just missed that point.
The Enchantment - Honestly, I did not read this one. As I type this it's almost 10pm where I live, and the description of this story didn't appeal to me at all, so I'm not going to force myself to stay up to read it.
You'll Find It's Like That All Over - This started in a way that really had me hooked on wondering where it was going to go, but in the end I'm just left asking, "Why ?". I don't understand the purpose of this story, or anything it was trying to say.
Overall, this is an odd collection, but I'm sure fans will be happy that there is now another way to get their hands on Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.
I was approved to read this halfway through the day, and it gets archived tomorrow, so I'm not sure why the publisher is still approving requests, as this gave me no time to read. I felt very rushed, so my reading experience was probably not the best because of this.
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke - This went in a different direction than I was anticipating ! I read the last page several times, because I just could not believe that's how it was ending. I'm not sure how I feel about the portrayal of mental illness here though. Also, strong content warning for animal cruelty/death.
I did enjoy the format of telling this story through emails and IM messages. It made the story snappy, but man, I could not imagine entering a contract with someone that quickly. They really barely communicated with each other. Unless that wasn't supposed to be all their correspondance and I just missed that point.
The Enchantment - Honestly, I did not read this one. As I type this it's almost 10pm where I live, and the description of this story didn't appeal to me at all, so I'm not going to force myself to stay up to read it.
You'll Find It's Like That All Over - This started in a way that really had me hooked on wondering where it was going to go, but in the end I'm just left asking, "Why ?". I don't understand the purpose of this story, or anything it was trying to say.
Overall, this is an odd collection, but I'm sure fans will be happy that there is now another way to get their hands on Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death