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

16 reviews

finnsnowbevi's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, Xenophobia, and Lesbophobia

jet_nebula's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Homophobia

maggieoc_x's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Gore and Murder

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Vomit, and Pregnancy

jasper_wildlife's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Vomit, and Lesbophobia

tibcanread's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

1.25

I hate giving 1 star reviews, but I couldn't stand this book even more. I read this for a horror book club pick and I'm going to be honest, I just skimmed the last story. I couldn't anymore. It was gross. Not even in a fun way, just gross. I actually felt sick to my stomach reading some of these nasty descriptions. And what was the obsession with pregnancy in the first two stories? Like, why? Really.  

I found no real redeeming quality in this collection. The writing was not great (if I hear someone spooned something ever again it will be too soon, and how do ears furrow exactly??) It's only January 9th and I'm pretty sure this is going to the top of the worst books I read list for 2024 already. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Child death, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

2busyreading's review

dark fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Homophobia

awkwardimagination's review against another edition

good fucking god. this started off so confusing but tame and then it just jumped off a cliff. I only read as far as I did out of morbid curiousity. I almost left at the salamander, i did leave just before the parasite. Im, i dont want my eyes anymore, they are ruined.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Homophobia, Slavery, and Murder

theres probably so many more and so many worse, but good fuck I will not read further to find out

bunnyprincess'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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

wellreadandhalfdead's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide

Minor: Homophobia and Vomit

kattrent's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I finally got to read this after many years, and LORD. That first story really messed with me. The second one was great, and the third one, which is the shortest, was my least favorite of the bunch. That bein said, all three of them are well written, interesting, and have a nice Splatterpunk feel to them. But man, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke was worth the wait, even though it was short and I wanted more!

The ending of the first story, where she is CRADDLING HER TAPE WORM?! Yeah, that was real messed up.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia