Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

63 reviews

thehaylflayl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

kendalsbookcase's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

xsamwise's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

whiston01's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder

zoesauve's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

1.25

I truly wish I had never read this book. It was generally well written, but the contents were so disturbing that I am still shaken a week later. 

I also found the whole "lesbian yearns to be impregnated" thing to be extremely reductive, especially coming from a male author. IDK, seemed like a weird fantasy that the author was putting on these queer characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Torture

ariet's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.75

A quick read, and kind of like passing a car wreck. You know things aren't going to end well, but you just can't stop, which is a testament to LaRocca's writing. At the same time, while I couldn't put it down, I wasn't really satisfied from a plot angle, a common weakness in epistolary-style stories. Will I read it again? Probably not. Will I think about it whenever I make an apple pie? It will haunt my baking like a ghost.

Triggers are about, so if you're considering picking it up, please check out the CW section.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

foxymoxie13's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

mhigbee's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

moss_martii's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

devilledgreggs's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I’m speechless 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Grief, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Homophobia and Self harm