Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca

307 reviews

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

creep_reads'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Body horror and Gore

Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, and Suicide

mayorjesterz'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

2.25

first date idea ?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexual content and Homophobia

tobibi's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Excrement, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

ribbenkast's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.25

At one point I literally wanted to vomit. What a great horror book!

It's a gripping tale of a toxic relationship gone even more wrong. It could've benefited from being a bit more of a slow burn but it works great as this short novella.

Please check the trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Animal cruelty

everie's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad 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

1.5

It's not particularly compelling. Fine (ish) for a short story but it doesn't have enough to carry a novella. The maggot imagery was sickening (positive), but I think its greatest strength is in its publisher's marketing campaign and cover design. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

bea2001's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Torture, Abandonment, and Pregnancy

nuclear_droid's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

That… sure was a book. 
It was attention grabbing and it kept me wanting to know what will happen. Some of the descriptive language was really quite incredible (in the less icky bits). But it was also just so profoundly weird and off putting. I feel like I would’ve enjoyed it more if it was longer and the absurdity developed over time, very 0 to 100 real quick. An uncomfortable read but a read I still think was worth reading?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

chaya_v's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

this is the kind of book where you desperately want to look away but you just can’t. 
the writing is out of this world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Self harm

alexander1776's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Pregnancy, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Emotional abuse