A review by gaycree
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

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

3.5

One of my biggest issues was that it ended right when it was starting to get good. I also felt the setting of the story was superfluous in the sense that the sense of isolation and online community within the LGBTQ+ is just as relevant if not more prevalent today than in 2000. 

Great body horror novella, and exactly what I was looking for as an avid horror movie lover taking his first steps into the horror literature realm. Also if I can be candid (not that anyone will see this) but for some reason this reminds me of that one online article I read almost a decade ago about the woman who would love to lay in a garbage bin on a hot afternoon in NYC and letting all the bugs crawl all around and inside her. Disturbing
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