Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

615 reviews

annie_brewer's review against another edition

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

3.25

This was an bizzare read that I absolutely did not enjoy, but it was quite good.

In summary, this is a documentation of a dissolution into madness. Additionally, the reader gets dragged along to witness the disturbing descent.

The writing is eloquent and quite disarming at times with a story-telling pace, but the charm is quickly contrasted by the dark purpose of the discourse between the women, the relaying of a debauched or sinister thrill.

Loved the ambiguity of the women and that it was a very quick escalation - I thought both of these factors promoted the unsettling gnaw that the derailment could not be stopped. I did find some of the pacing a bit disjointed, and the inclusion of the contract felt unnecessary for the plot.

Lots of gross and vivid imagery, very gritty and grim 'plot', a trainwreck that is hard to look away from.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Manipulation of vulnerable individual. Body horror.

Suicide alluded to

autumnwhite's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Gore, Body horror, Animal death, Suicide, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Lesbophobia

peckreadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Child death, Suicide, Murder, Vomit, Grief, Death, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, Miscarriage, Murder, Self harm, and Pregnancy

nahochacon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Estoy impactada en el mejor de los sentidos. Normalmente no soy fan de los thrillers, pero algo me atrajo de esta lectura. Es ligera y rápida la forma de leerla, pero a ratos es tan pesada que si me tomé unos minutos.

Recomendada pero con la reserva que no es para los altamente sensibles.

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Content Warnings

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

megamelfina's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Miscarriage

shaouais'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Vomit, and Self harm

kirakomrade's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Slavery, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, and Animal death

fynn_jls's review against another edition

2.0

What the actual fuck did I just read 

(Literally. Wtf. In the beginning the book just felt like some kind of medoicre Wattpad story but then it escalated completely

if you dont feel like reading about someones emotional connection to their tapeworm, just don't read this. You don't miss out on anything

)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Animal cruelty, and Toxic relationship

msbedelia's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

The only book that's ever given me a stomache. Extremely well-written with so many layers between the lines... But at what cost?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Body horror, Self harm, Sexual content, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

courtneypaigea's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Grief, Animal death, Death, and Miscarriage