Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

3 reviews

salvatorer2's review against another edition

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

The book was really distressing to read.

The detailed accounts of maiming, animal death, and recounted gruesome events from the news will probably stay with you long after. However, there was some missed oppotunities. I feel that the rabbit eating their babies was unneeded, as well as the priest running over the cat, because neither of them add anything to the themes of the story.

They were unnecessary. Just for shock value. Other than that, it was okay. Idk if im gonna read it again, but we’ll see

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

pterocarya's review against another edition

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

0.5

This book is bad from beginning to end, after the first few pages i thought my discomfort with the book was just because i hate this style of writing ( where everything is done over email or text). However it never got better. The story progesses so quickly it goes from trying to sell an item to a dom/sub pact in about a week and a half. one of the main characters is manipulative but in a way a teen boy would be a first. leaving just so you beg them to come back until it escalates. at points it feels like a prank gone wrong . the writng is fine once one of the characters starts talking about her day or writes longer messages but it isnt enough to save the book.the ending is unstatisfing and the twist is even worse. it is scary, it isnt horror, it is a womans psychotic break in the strangest most distorted way possible. it doesnt make you feel anything but annoyance and wonder how you got here. do not recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

picklesasij's review against another edition

dark 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

0.5

Disgusting lesbian fetishism that includes severe trauma porn and horrible imagery. Would not recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Hate crime, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship