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A review by rottedrapunzel
You've Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca
3.0
3.5
I enjoyed the epistolary format, which seems to be a running theme of LaRocca's books (or at least the two I have read so far). I also enjoyed the writing from the perspectives of Martyr and Ambrose, and the genuine sense of unease/disgust that their stories, alongside the disturbing imagery, had on me.
I didn't enjoy the novella within a novella, mainly due to finding the change of flow between the two story lines clunky, which I suppose you could argue makes sense with the ending reveal. I will say in that sense I enjoyed coming to that revelation after the book more satisfying than the reading process.
IMO not quite on the same level as THGWSWLS, but I am still interested in reading more work by this author.
A Grower, not a Shower.
I enjoyed the epistolary format, which seems to be a running theme of LaRocca's books (or at least the two I have read so far). I also enjoyed the writing from the perspectives of Martyr and Ambrose, and the genuine sense of unease/disgust that their stories, alongside the disturbing imagery, had on me.
I didn't enjoy the novella within a novella, mainly due to finding the change of flow between the two story lines clunky, which I suppose you could argue makes sense with the ending reveal. I will say in that sense I enjoyed coming to that revelation after the book more satisfying than the reading process.
IMO not quite on the same level as THGWSWLS, but I am still interested in reading more work by this author.
A Grower, not a Shower.