Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca

9 reviews

autiedragon's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Self harm, Fatphobia, Child death, Miscarriage, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Infidelity, Blood, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

bunnyprincess's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Homophobia, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Death of parent, Suicide, Vomit, Torture, Body horror, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Gore, Infertility, and Violence

cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage

libbywibby's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

this book was insane and i’m kinda of concerned i liked it as much as i did, especially the enchantment. probably would not recommend this to people who want to retain their sanity by the end of the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Child death, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Murder, Sexual assault, Animal death, Rape, Pregnancy, Racism, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, and Death

tesshersh's review

dark fast-paced

3.5

“things have gotten worse” is def the star out of the three, even tho it is the most nauseating one - don’t think the others are really worth the read but they’re quick at least so I don’t feel like my time was completely wasted

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, and Gore

joperceptions's review against another edition

This book was disgusting? Once I’m done reading my current read I’m going to try and pick this one back up again but am super hesitant to. It takes gore to a whole new level and not it a good way- a level where I consistently had to stop reading for a bit and just sit in my feeling of “wtf am I reading right now”. 

Unsure what the purpose of writing something like this would even be? I really thought it would be better than it was, like a crime/ horror queer novel. And it was horror and it was queer but just the wrong kind of horror. Like a really, utterly fucked up kind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Infertility, Medical content, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual content

molliundera_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Infertility, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Death, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

rosage's review

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

after reading the afterword it all makes much more sense. each piece left me with something to think about and sit on for a bit. this is a book i would recommend reading in parts instead of flying through like i did. you need that time to process the meaning behind each one and to see how the connect. i’ve decided to include my initial thoughts i wrote for each one just so i can go back and read them again later if i want. 

Spoiler

-things have gotten worse: honestly, i wish it was longer. i felt as though there were some lose ends that i would like to see tied up. i know she died but how? did she go back to work? i would also like to have seen more of their relationship and how that played into everything. i love that it was told through dms and emails though. it’s such an interesting way to tell a story. i wish it was done more often. 

-the enchantment: i really don’t have much to say for this one. personally i wish there had been more to it. it was a lot of religion and talk of christianity that i don’t really understand. her penance for “attempted murder of an angel” is to stay in purgatory for a while?? i think?? the scene with the flood was freaky though it scared me a little. 

-you’ll find that it’s like that all over: huh? just a bunch of bets to show why we should be polite? i don’t fully get it i don’t think

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicide, Grief, Gaslighting, Infertility, Murder, Child death, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

boglord's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual content, and Body horror

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Abandonment, Infertility, and Vomit