Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

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

128 reviews

pbandjane_library's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Emotional abuse

sofiam19'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? It's complicated

1.75

Overhyped unfortunately. All the stories could’ve used more detail. First one - the relationship moved crazy fast to be realistic. Second - only first part was interesting but rest was boring and flat. Third - ending ruined the whole story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, and Body horror

Moderate: Miscarriage, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

chainsawheartbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

2.0

1/ Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

What the absolute fuck? I feel sick to my stomach and so wildly concerned for Agnes. Just when I thought things couldn’t get any weirder, they did! 

Well played Mr LaRocca, well damn played, and that writing was so visceral. I have immense fear for whatever dark and twisted alley the other two stories are going to drag me down.

2/ The Enchantment

I’m honestly more confused about this story, more specifically its ending, than I am anything else.

I understand it’s dealing with grief and coping with a horrific, surprising event, but I’m just sat wondering “what?”

I’m not quite sure what some of the events had to do with the plot, neither character really seemed to be dealing with anything in a normal way, and what was that weird bug creature at the end, what relevance did that have? 

All in all, I wasn’t a fan of this one, it fell flat for me sadly.

3/ You’ll Find It’s Like That All Over

It felt more like a 50 page essay on how people can be willing to do anything not to offend someone else, and the feeling of embarrassment they get when it doesn’t go right. 

I did gasp when they went into the attic, but overall it didn’t really inthrall me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Animal death, Blood, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Death, Body horror, and Child death

bigkazzac's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Suicide

automatic_rae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Dark & twisted. Creative & thought-provoking. Gripping & gruesome.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Body horror, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Animal death, Gore, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Murder, Grief, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Miscarriage, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Abandonment

hocuscrocus's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

I really loved the title story, but the other two didn't do much for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Miscarriage, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Child death, Medical content, Animal death, and Pregnancy

ducktective's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Body horror

Moderate: Vomit and Grief

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

acgeorge's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Death, Grief, Self harm, and Vomit

maggieoc_x's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Murder and Gore

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Homophobia

porshainielsen's review against another edition

dark

• Strong character development? No

2.5

 The namesake of this short story collection was my least favorite story. That particular story felt poorly written, and while I understand it is a short story, there was absolutely no build-up. The other stories were a little better, but the animal violence was unnecessary. I did like that there was some interconnectedness between the stories, but as a whole, this was underwhelming. I guess that is what happens when "extreme" horror goes viral on Tik Tok.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Suicide