A review by stephanieluxton
You've Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca

dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book. What's it about? I don't even know. It's kind of a dialogue between two men who are dating. One is a serial killer. It switches back and forth between that and a novella written by the serial killer in which we follow the story of a video game designer and her little brother who move to a rich/well-known game developers estate because she was hired to work on one of his new games. There's a lot of strangeness surrounding the designer and his estate. Weird stuff happens. Best to go into it not really knowing anything.

Things I liked:
  • This book is very eloquently written. I literally enjoyed the words used. It was poetic.
  • It felt like reading two books in one and neither part was boring. It did this incredibly well despite not being a lot book itself.
  • There was a lot of ambiguity but it seriously worked in this book. No information dumping!
  • I was surprised. Little hints are dropped throughout the book that certain things were happening and it really comes full circle (mostly in the novella portion).
  • I found a lot of the characters to be likeable and colourful.

Things I Didn't Like:
  • That it ended. I wanted to know more!! Although I suspect knowing too much would take some of the magic and the mystery away from this book. This might be my favourite book of the year.
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