Review by minimicropup - This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

minimicropup 's review for:

This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances by Eric LaRocca

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Got this for my partner as a gift. I wanted to read the first story, like a taste test….read the entire thing in one night.

Energy: Morose. Apprehensive. Determined.

Story 1: Are we confined to live in the shadows of our parents?

Story 2: Generation wounds run shallow or deep?

Story 3: The purchase of a high-end culinary knife leads to a high-end addiction

Story 4: Games in the park go too far

Mood Reading Match-Up:

Literary horror
Disturbing claustrophobic domestic settings
Complicated grief
Surreal grotesque body horror
Can’t look away unravelings
Open-to-reader interpretation randomness and symbolism

Content Heads-Up: Self-harm. Parental rejection. Attempted suicide. Medical (spinal injury, paralysis). Loss of parent (as an adult). Animal death (birds, snakes). Child abuse. Confinement. Torture. Starvation. Vomit. Corpse. Cancer (death). Body horror. Wounds, cuts. Blood. Sexual content (self). Fire, fire injury. Loss of baby. Ageing (weakness, mobility issues).

Rep: Lesbian. Gay. Cisgender. Ambiguous skin tones.

📚 Format: Paperback

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