Reviews tagging 'Child death'

They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces by Eric LaRocca

12 reviews

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Dementia, Child death, and Homophobia

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, and Excrement

doomluz's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.25

Not my favorite collection., but as always I love Eric LaRocca's ideas in his writing. They're weird, creepy, and gross.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Dementia, Child death, and Homophobia

nittiotvaan's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Self harm, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Homophobia, Dementia, Child death, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit and Excrement

picking_back_up's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, and Death of parent

blackcatkai's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

5.0

CW: violence, blood, body horror, gore, death (animal & human, child & adult for both), torture (animal & human), self harm, miscarriage/pregnancy, mental illness, ableism, homophobia (including use of slurs & other derogatory statements), interspecies love/bestiality mentioned, necrophilia, insects, murder

this was an event of a novella. a collection of short stories with a similar theme, this is gross & amazing. you get mostly stories from the viewpoint of animals & insects, with a couple human povs at the end. any content warnings you find, take seriously. LaRocca is a pro at descriptive horror and this is a very visceral experience.

a lot of ew, gross moments. but also some sweetness in a few spots. definitely not recommended for anyone new to horror or more extreme genres. but I really enjoyed this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Child death, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident, Chronic illness, and Miscarriage

Minor: Terminal illness, Excrement, Death of parent, Medical content, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Sexual content

treestostars's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I can’t tell if I liked the stories or not. The writing was good but some of the short stories fell flat. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

jackalopecore's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, and Dementia

Minor: Vomit and Excrement

It’s not listed in the storygraph TW list but warnings for mentions of beastiality and (kind of) necrophilia.

lanid's review against another edition

dark tense

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Child death, and Body shaming

gorbon's review

dark tense fast-paced

4.25

Pay attention to the trigger warning at the beginning as well as the warnings posted here. This book is not for the squeamish. 

Disturbing, disgusting, discomforting Eric LaRocca pulls no punches. However, at the center of this novella in pieces is love in its rawest, most depraved state. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Child death, Gore, Animal death, Body horror, Miscarriage, Blood, Pregnancy, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Minor: Violence, Homophobia, Child death, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Cursing, Dementia, Death, Self harm, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Vomit