gustavwind's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
amna_a's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
nithya_natalya's review
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I have no idea what I just read, and I loved it! I read this so fast, and was just utterly mesmerized by it. The prose was really beautiful without holding on to any lit fic pretensions. It still felt solidly rooted in genre fic. I really wasn't sure where this was going. I love horror that feel cyclical. It's so creepy and haunting, and this book pulled that off well. The structure of the book was an interesting approach, and a great way to break up the novella within the novel, and leave you with cliffhangers. The only thing I didn't like were the the transcripts of phone recordings. It felt like kind of a wacky, unrealistic way to get the killers' actual voices into the text, and didn't quite make sense to me. Who records themselves having convos, and then records their inner thoughts during the conversation over the original audio after the fact? Can you even do that on a phone? Was he using audio editing software on his laptop??!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Murder, and Body horror
Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Car accident, and Blood
nelli_lakatos's review
5.0
I loved this book so much! It was so unique I never read a book like this, it became one of my favorite. This was my first book by Eric LaRocca and I'm definitely going to read more from this author.
coffeeoverapples's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
lathertheblood's review
4.0
I keep seeing reviews asking, “What’s the point?”
Does there need to be one, as long as the literature is enjoyable?
Does there need to be one, as long as the literature is enjoyable?
bittersweetreads's review
1.0
Was this book bad or am I not smart enough to understand it? Literally it made zero sense half the time and I don't get how the stories are connected or what the point of this was? It was extremely anticlimactic
arielvansteinburg's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75