blackmetalblackheart 's review for:

We Can Never Leave This Place by Eric LaRocca

3.5

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We Can Never Leave This Place made me feel uneasy throughout my entire time with it. The imagery is stark and grotesque, and I constantly felt myself avoiding wanting to picture certain parts. There were a couple elements within that I found very hard to understand what was happening. It was not so much events occurring but parts of the house being described. I thought it was going to ruin things for me, but as the end unfolds, I realized that the story was a very different one than I originally thought. I mean that in a good way. The way LaRocca captures the terror of familial abuse and the way our brains process horrific events was great. This is definitely not a book for everyone, but it made me excited to read more of LaRocca's works.