Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

344 reviews

skullotonin's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

challenging but hard to follow and not super engaging

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Cannibalism

not for the faint of heart

ariajb's review against another edition

dark medium-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

2.5

well that was disgusting but still not as bad as I anticipated 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, and Sexual content

michelangelo1987's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

nalakoala'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? It's complicated

3.0

I have the edition with the two other stories but I'll read those at a later date, which is why I'm commenting on this one.

THGWSWLS has a lot of hype... but it didn't hit. I wanted it to get progressively worse but instead there was like 1 gross scene and then it ended. The end was weird and while I did like it, it came too fast and just fell flat. We also didn't get to explore Zoe as a character as much as I would've liked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Medical content

alex_conners's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I wasn't a huge fan of the first story. But the second two I actually really liked.

I think the first story would be better served as a longer story. There's just not enough development between the characters for me to suspend disbelief.

The second story, I thought, was fine. I had forgotten about the gas by the time it came back into play, and I think it was well served by its length. It posed a couple of interesting questions, and the idea of a husband and wife forced together by their dead son is a good concept.

The third story was short and sweet and sets up a lot that I liked. I do enjoy the idea of a little old man going around terrorizing people with bets that they accept out of politeness. It's a terrifying concept, while also incredibly interesting.

Despite my enjoyment of the last story and being lukewarm on the second. I can't rate this higher because the majority of the books length was taken by a story I wasn't a huge fan of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Suicide, and Blood

Moderate: Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

sinaprst's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

this story made me almost throw up several times

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Vomit, and Medical content

Minor: Suicide and Lesbophobia

exhumedprince's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia

carch3r's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Vomit

rosaelia's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit, and Murder

clovetra'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? It's complicated

4.0

i’m sitting here cackling because what in the actual fuck did i just read. i’m crying from laughter right here. does that say something deeper about my psyche at the moment? probably. was this incredibly silly goofy? yes!!!!!

my only real gripe is this is solely related to one of my triggers. now i’m fine with gore in my horror. hell i’ll watch horror movies with gore. but you bring bugs into My Horror??????? ohh i lose my mind. bugs have always been an insane trigger for me. i am always afraid bugs are in my ears. i was told once that biting your nails gives you pinworms and as a girlie with dermatillomania i had a panic attack over that thought. once i woke up in my bed to an earwig next to me and now i am always paranoid ill wake up and an earwig is in my bed. needless to say, a bitch doesn’t like bugs!!!!! so i’ll say this book really did have me!!!!! 

i don’t know what you’d call this book but it wasn’t really… horror? idk i’d say it’s more like psychological thriller. but also i realise im incredibly desensitised to weird shit so. 

i wish there was more time to expand on the fucked up relationship between these two but also this is a novella so. i’m not mad.

the ending is lowkey kinda funny? not funny haha funny goofy. i liked the way the ending brought us all the way to the beginning as well. nice little tie in.

i feel like im going to be severely judged for actually saying i had a good time. i cant say i enjoyed myself but lowkey i don’t think that’s the point. i had a good time. i felt like agnes reading this — enjoying it but not really but kind of but hating it but loving it. yeah. this isn’t a book ur meant to love. it’s so fuckjng insane. but i liked it! i’m not mad at it! i can also understand why everyone i know of either thinks this is mediocre or horrible! i am in the minority! long live the apple peeler and finneas! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Medical content

Minor: Homophobia