A review by thatonenerdygirl
The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories by Eric LaRocca

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

There were obvious standouts, such as Bodies Are For Burning, but this book felt hit or miss, sometimes the topics were interesting but the stories felt cut short, some were the perfect length, some felt way too long, which is odd for such a short collected stories novel.
There was, however, a clear throughline between stories, and I always felt like a champ when I found it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Incest, Self harm, Grief, Pregnancy, and Abandonment