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brokenspine 's review for:
We Can Never Leave This Place
by Eric LaRocca
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is my first introduction to LaRocca and if I’m being honest not sure this was the right place to start.
Is this a fable, an allegory, a dark fairy-tale, or a combination?
I was confused pretty early on. When Mara answered the door she is described as having a teddy bear and very childlike but then she turns out to be almost 16. So, I get past that and then a giant talking spider shows up at the door. WTF. And, then said spider develops a relationship with her mother. 🤯🤯 Nope-itty, Nope, Nope! Alright, so now we have an anthropomorphic spider who appears to not only be doing the horizontal shuffle with Mara’s mother but is also gradually eating bits and pieces of her. Yeah. I’m out. Or at least I should have been. It was like watching a train wreck. I couldn’t stop reading even though I wanted to.
I have to say despite the weirdness of the story, LaRocca’s writing is not bad. There were some parts of the story I found unnerving (i.e. Mara trudging around the apartment in sewage water with visible fecal matter). 🤮🤮🤮 And Mara’s mother being a complete and utter biotch to her.
LaRocca was pretty heavy handed on themes of abusive relationships, generational trauma, loss, sacrifice
Is this a fable, an allegory, a dark fairy-tale, or a combination?
I was confused pretty early on. When Mara answered the door she is described as having a teddy bear and very childlike but then she turns out to be almost 16. So, I get past that and then a giant talking spider shows up at the door. WTF. And, then said spider develops a relationship with her mother. 🤯🤯 Nope-itty, Nope, Nope! Alright, so now we have an anthropomorphic spider who appears to not only be doing the horizontal shuffle with Mara’s mother but is also gradually eating bits and pieces of her. Yeah. I’m out. Or at least I should have been. It was like watching a train wreck. I couldn’t stop reading even though I wanted to.
I have to say despite the weirdness of the story, LaRocca’s writing is not bad. There were some parts of the story I found unnerving (i.e. Mara trudging around the apartment in sewage water with visible fecal matter). 🤮🤮🤮 And Mara’s mother being a complete and utter biotch to her.
LaRocca was pretty heavy handed on themes of abusive relationships, generational trauma, loss, sacrifice