Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

139 reviews

thetzz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

a disgusting and bizarre novella that i will never forget. i loved every single gut curdling word

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

wends_nblw's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I'll say this : while it didn't live to its hype, I really enjoyed it. 

I expected it to be written differently, but it didn't hinder my ability to enjoy the story. I found Agnes and Zoe's relationship to be fascinating alongside Agnes' descent into madness. I do wish there had been an aftermath, or just a longer story. I wish it hadn't gone so fast since I really wanted their relationship to slowly build into horror, but yk. We can't win everything.

All in all, a great story. I'm excited to see similar works by LaRocca. :3c

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit

juneharden's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

3.75

this book was weird. i went into it thinking it would be horror but the first part read as a fetishized lesbian porno. there was seemingly unnecessary animal abuse but i would
 say the ending was not what i expected. overall i’d give it a 3.75 after learning the author them self is queer and it had a very compelling storyline. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail

captainrenjamin's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• 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

It’s a compelling read that I flew through but SO dark 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Suicide

jultill's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Violence, and Murder

shutupsylvia's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Violence

zahliajayne's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This is a very disturbing novella, probably the most disturbing I have read yet. But somehow I was so invested I couldn’t put it down. I read it all in one sitting and felt all the emotions like I was on a never ending roller coaster. I wish there was more to read but I am also thankful there isn’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pregnancy

ladyinverse's review against another edition

yeah i couldn't finish it the moment i heard "the cat and the priest."

i can handle a decent amount of viscera and whatnot but i can't do animal cruelty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

bloomlove's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

Literally only writing a review of this book to say DO NOT READ THIS. It’s terrible awful vile and disgusting I would not recommend this to anyone just save yourself and don’t even go near it. Don’t even look this books way it’s not worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

minty_drops's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

I get that the author is a member of the queer community but I feel that it isn’t the place of a non-lesbian to write a torture porn novella surrounding the struggles of a manipulative lesbian relationship. Also for all the talk regarding horrific gore, it feels like it’s written by middle school boys trying to one up each other but doing so very poorly and without meaning. It’s too fast paced to an unrealistic extent, I could barely differentiate Agnes and Zoe since they have to defining traits, and it feels driven by mediocre shock factor.

It was an interesting concept that with better care and the proper story teller could be expanded on beautifully. The only part that stuck with me was the quote “What have you done to deserve your eyes?” Which I wish was further expanded on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia