Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

37 reviews

aaround132's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

ngl i finished it in one sitting and i was HOOKED. it got me out of a huge slump. but would i recommend it to anyone? absolutely not, im ashamed to do so. the characters brains were so out of control that made me feel lime im mentally stable comparing to them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

kai_the_kat's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

 the book is so dark and twisted but so brilliantly written at the same time. its the epitome of psychological horror/thriller. how the relationship flows SO FAST from trying to sell a family apple corer TO INCREDIBLY FUCKED UP. it is twisted in the best kind of way. it written in a frenzied burst and it kinda reflects the way how both the characters also become more and more frenzied as thee story progresses. i started reading it AND I COULDNT PUT IT DOWN each page beckons you to read on more as you cant wait to see how this seeming love story quickly accelerates into a horrifying mess of a situation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Excrement

roraisabella's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.0

a book that makes you go “what the hell was that”, very icky and disturbing but i love a short horror story, and this one was shocking enough to keep you turning the page. gripping writing style and easy to read. that being said, this book isn’t meaningful at all, and works mainly off shock value and gore. i also didn’t like the detailed scenes of animal cruelty, i found it unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

basurosehan'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

 i like it, SHOCKING—

its shocking because i dont even like this genre 😭 but it was very intriguing and the way it was executed was good too. 

i cant give this four stars because it creeped me out so much and its my review so LOL!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Excrement, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

biamaf'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

2.5

meu deus o que foi que eu acabei de ler???? 

um misto de sentimentos!!! esse livro tem descrições extremamente gráficas e perturbadoras que me prenderam, comecei e terminei a leitura no mesmo dia kkkkkkk por outro lado, só o gore não sustentou, senti que o autor se apoiou demais nesse aspecto e não desenvolveu as personagens o suficiente pra justificar as motivações 🤷‍♀️

por ser curtinho, vale a leitura pra quem curte gore, mas não da pra ir esperando uma história/personagens super ricos pq é só isso mesmo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Excrement

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Vomit

licipok's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Vomit

lacee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

lgw3456'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

1.0

finished in an hour & it still wasn't worth the time it took to read it. good if you're looking for gross-out/shock horror i guess? characters felt underdeveloped & almost indistinguishable which is unfortunate when the format of your story is email conversations. gross and then sad - not worth the hype imo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

cupcait's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

unknown_reader's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5/5

It’s short story which you can finish in one sitting, and it’s a bit disturbing…not that much though. 

Though, I have to admit I expect WAY worse. Like, especially because of the cover (which is the reason why I wanted read it) and some of the reviews. But it’s not that disturbing, I’ve read worse. It’s more sad than disturbing actually. 

It’s quite easy and thrilling to read though. All of the story is said in email or chat form, and is a critique in human mind and mental health.
I think it does a good enough job but I feel like it could have been more. 
Especially, some parts which I didn’t get.

Overall, it’s a story of two people chatting which spiral into something worse and disturbing…

Be sure to read the content warnings and it’s a good read (I mean not a GOOD read, like an interesting read ?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicide