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Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
63 reviews
mcc004's review against another edition
Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Animal death
bee_03's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Gore, and Toxic relationship
akane_readsyt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Torture, Abandonment, and Mental illness
Moderate: Medical content, Religious bigotry, Grief, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Vomit
cecilyroseceillam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Child death
captainrenjamin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, and Homophobia
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Bullying
samanyana's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Gore, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
maggots andshysheepys's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
0.25
Graphic: Gaslighting, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship
mylargirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child abuse and Homophobia
emmdashed's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
It's probably not the Grossest Book Ever but it's up there and it features Very Graphic Animal and Child Cruelty/Death. And there are some other really gnarly moments of just nasty stuff. And some cringey sexting.
Ultimately I am still not sure how I completely feel about this book. It was both extremely easy to read and extremely difficult to read. You want to know what happens and it's so short you can just inhale it but at the same time the images it paints are disturbing and I found myself just really bummed and grossed out. I think it crosses the line at points into being 2 Edgy 4 U so like.... that's certainly a choice. I found myself wondering what is the point what are we saying why this story. But also I read the whole thing so ???
I think it could either have been longer so we could get more into the characters and why they behaved the way they did. Or it could have been shorter and excised some of the unnecessary anecdotes (like honestly the Little Christ and the Priest and the Cat moments added literally nothing apart from being ~edgy and disturbing ooooo~). The length that it was was just awkward.
Some more spoiler heavy thoughts below:
I was more bothered by the speed at which the Tapeworm grew like... it takes weeks not days. Especially for them to get that big. But maybe I'm just pedantic.
Also.... I feel bad for Agnes' roommate while all this nonsense is going on like. Your roommate is keeping rotting meat and eating it like that would stink up the house at the very least. Besides all the other weird behavior lol.
TLDR: idk this was a weird one and I can't say if it's good or bad. Bummed me out but I've been thinking about it for days. Blades of Glory says it best.
"Nobody knows what it means but it's provocative. It's gets the people going."
Graphic: Pregnancy, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Death, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, War, Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage
Minor: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Suicidal thoughts
Not sure about the severity ratings but I tried to put as many of these as I can. I cannot stress enough that this book gets r o u g h. The animal and child death stood out particularly to me but other bits might bother other people.bloomlove's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, Mental illness, Death, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, and Gore