Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

26 reviews

rissasreads's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

2.0

very short book, read in one sitting.. not the most horrific thing I’ve ever read, but it really wasn’t good or bad for me personally. I don’t feel like I really got anything out of this book, but it was interesting to read. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

marcostorin'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Kidnapping

leahisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.75

I don’t think this author gets women super well. . . 
The stories were intriguing and I flew through them, but each ending felt a little underwhelming and disappointing. The pacing was strange. The endings were too sudden and random. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicide, and Violence

moonamidheaven's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

2.0

...interesting...

it's a bit too graphic for my personal taste and very obviously written by a man

don't really remember why this was on my tbr

atleast it was a quick read & i got it over in a day 😧

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

bloomlove's review against another edition

dark medium-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

Literally only writing a review of this book to say DO NOT READ THIS. It’s terrible awful vile and disgusting I would not recommend this to anyone just save yourself and don’t even go near it. Don’t even look this books way it’s not worth it. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

harmon's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.75

It was a very short and fast, but difficult read. I'm even surprised that I didn't throw up whilst I was reading it.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

crypticbutton's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

1.5

I really have no idea what to say besides WTF.
The build up was great but the end came suddenly without any really closure. There is probably some 'deep' thing going on here but it really felt like the author was just throwing stuff on the page to shock the readers than really try to carve out a story. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

hannahhicken's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

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

---

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

moss_martii's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

2.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail