Reviews tagging 'Infertility'
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca
20 reviews
saint_eleanor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
- the first story was like watching Helter Skelter (2012), Love Exposure, Bones and All, Anti-Christ, Raw, and Titane.
- The second one is like watching Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Lodge, Enys Men, & Saint Maud.
- The third is JUST like Speak No Evil, The Invitation (2015) and Creep.
Discord: @pickledfishxoxo
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Violence, Self harm, Suicide, and Infertility
Minor: Sexual content
Eating bugs, crucifixion, psychological abuse.ribbenkast's review against another edition
4.25
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.
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
whatafckinglosr's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Vomit, Sexual content, Infertility, Body horror, and Self harm
emmdashed's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
It's probably not the Grossest Book Ever but it's up there and it features Very Graphic Animal and Child Cruelty/Death. And there are some other really gnarly moments of just nasty stuff. And some cringey sexting.
Ultimately I am still not sure how I completely feel about this book. It was both extremely easy to read and extremely difficult to read. You want to know what happens and it's so short you can just inhale it but at the same time the images it paints are disturbing and I found myself just really bummed and grossed out. I think it crosses the line at points into being 2 Edgy 4 U so like.... that's certainly a choice. I found myself wondering what is the point what are we saying why this story. But also I read the whole thing so ???
I think it could either have been longer so we could get more into the characters and why they behaved the way they did. Or it could have been shorter and excised some of the unnecessary anecdotes (like honestly the Little Christ and the Priest and the Cat moments added literally nothing apart from being ~edgy and disturbing ooooo~). The length that it was was just awkward.
Some more spoiler heavy thoughts below:
Spoiler
I honestly could somewhat buy Agnes' immediate devotion to Zoe. It was 0-100 real fast, but it seemed like she was the victim of a lot of emotional abuse in the past, even more than she described. Unfortunately that kind of trauma sometimes leads victims to unintentionally attach themselves to more abusers. (This is not trying to victim blame, abuse is a fucked up cycle that can ruin lives). It almost felt like a Cult Initiation story with this vulnerable woman being caught by this leader and the mentality/lifestyle Zoe offered her?? Not sure where I'm going with it but ???I was more bothered by the speed at which the Tapeworm grew like... it takes weeks not days. Especially for them to get that big. But maybe I'm just pedantic.
Also.... I feel bad for Agnes' roommate while all this nonsense is going on like. Your roommate is keeping rotting meat and eating it like that would stink up the house at the very least. Besides all the other weird behavior lol.
TLDR: idk this was a weird one and I can't say if it's good or bad. Bummed me out but I've been thinking about it for days. Blades of Glory says it best.
"Nobody knows what it means but it's provocative. It's gets the people going."
Graphic: Pregnancy, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Death, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, War, Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage
Minor: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Suicidal thoughts
Not sure about the severity ratings but I tried to put as many of these as I can. I cannot stress enough that this book gets r o u g h. The animal and child death stood out particularly to me but other bits might bother other people.literally_mint's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Death, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Violence, Body horror, Infertility, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Sexual content
booksofautumn's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Self harm, Sexual content, Animal death, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Suicide
tailwhip's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content
Moderate: Infertility
unloveliest's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts
kaii's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
this is interesting! I feel like it needed to be longer tho - claiming your book is about manipulation doesn't work when everything goes from 0-100 so quickly - but it, obviously, quite icky. also, written by a man. which feels... weird
Graphic: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Gore
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Child abuse
Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage
remimicha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Bullying, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Animal death, and Animal cruelty