Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

677 reviews

laurianeisreading's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Miscarriage and Lesbophobia

notascuteasu's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.75

Wow. Not AS BAD (read: disgusting, traumatizing) as the reviews made it seem but it was still a ride. 

If you've listened to 'The Magnus Archives' the best way to summarize the story would be: the making of an avatar of the Corruption. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia

praevalesco's review against another edition

1.0

Sometimes when you have ideas, it's okay to leave them in your drafts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

kamxoxo's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Vomit

cheyennedowls's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

This book is absolutely deranged and unhinged. I would not recommend if you have a weak stomach. It’s quick paced and an extremely interesting book in the worst way. The amount of times my mouth fell agape while reading is unbelievable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Torture, and Murder

kellssweet's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

2.5

Was super promising and intriguing and then it just ends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Vomit

autismandniamh's review against another edition

Turns out I don’t have as strong a stomach as I thought…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Torture, and Toxic friendship

mollyelyn'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

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Content Warnings

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

rory_john14's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Medical content, Dementia, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

esterie's review against another edition

dark

2.0

promising concept but middling execution. ive read better no sleep stories.

god where to start.... it wasnt even that disturbing, ive read and seen worse. aside from the animal stuff (already hate it, why is that the be all end all of disturbing horror it's like the one trick yall got) theres honestly not that much. i was expecting more in terms of progression, both the story and things spiraling out of control. this story would have hit better for me if it was long form, as it is it's so short and things progress SO quickly it just feels almost silly at times. like..... theres uhauling and then there's this. the beginning emails are so contrived and awkward i almost DNFd at that point. the character progression of zoe makes no sense. forcing via contract someone to crush a salamander is ok, but getting a lil too attached to the tapeworm growing inside them (that you encouraged) is a bridge too far? ok lmao

overall just not effective from a horror nor a craft perspective for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death