Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

346 reviews

nimbos's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Fast-paced, this book works like a police report of e-mail and message exchange. The format was the first thing that left an impression on me, making the whole plot feel much more impersonal.

What starts as a suspiciously innocent interaction (derived from the naïvety of one of the characters which can sometimes be almost irritating), soon turns into a twisted and dark tale that I couldn't have anticipated. While short, it still retains enough detail that allows the reader to have a vivid (too vivid) image of the events, even appealing to other senses. It's hard for me to find a piece of writing that makes my skin crawl, but this one did exactly that. As much as I found myself frustrated by the end of the book, with many questions unanswered, I think this is one of those cases that teaches you that you don't have to find the meaning behind everything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Torture and Vomit

netruce'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty

chicken_steadicam's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Self harm

Just a heads up that the first story has a pretty graphic description involving

one of the characters getting a tapeworm

and it genuinely put me off the rest of the book. Not saying it was necessarily bad or anything, I just can't deal with that content specifically.

waiyeed's review against another edition

challenging dark 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

weirdgirlcoded's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

This could have been a 5 star story, if the characters had been better developed and if it didn't cut off so abruptly. I was left wanting, but getting nothing in return. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

missgrangerr's review against another edition

Due to the animal abuse, mental abuse, and overall writing of this novella I had to put it down. Just not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Self harm

laynev'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Mental illness, and Blood

thomasina's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

sleepylit's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.5

A really good read! Kept me hooked the whole way through. A lot of people dislike it, and I see why, but I love psychological horror like this, so it was right up my alley. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

alexalily'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Self harm, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Abandonment