Which I guess makes sense, as the author is now apparently turning it into a trilogy. It really felt like the first act of a three-act story. The ending also wasn't as extreme as I was expecting. There were a few missed opportunities, ways I thought the story could have gone that would have been more interesting, but then it didn't choose to go there. I loved the concept, but the execution felt very weak. Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke The novella starts off sweet, and twists into unholy and gruesome corruption. I saw the writer say on Twitter that he'd written the whole thing in a week, and I thought, yeah, that makes sense.īut aside from the writing, the story was also disappointing.

Maybe it wouldn't have been as noticeable in a standard story, but this was an epistolary story, so the whole thing is basically dialogue, and it just wasn't good dialogue. Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca eBook Details. I wouldn't say the prose is pretentious, necessarily, but it's very awkward at times. Is the prose awkward, pretentious, amateurish? Other Subreddits that might interest you: Horror Award Nominees & Winners, 1975-2013 R/horrorlit's TOP 10 GREATEST NON-SUPERNATURAL HORROR NOVELS OF ALL TIME!!! R/horrorlit's TOP 10 GREATEST HORROR SHORT STORIES OF ALL TIME!!! R/horrorlit's TOP 10 GREATEST HORROR NOVELS OF ALL TIME!!!! If you would like to mask a potential spoiler, use the following format: (/spoiler)Īll times in ET (EST/EDT) unless otherwise noted. Spoiler tags are left to user discretion. Some rule violations may result in a temporary or permanent ban on the first strike. We do ask that you help us keep a high level of discourse by avoiding image-only posts, blog spam, surveys, plugging your own unpublished or self-published fiction, and linking to fundraisers or items for sale. No book is off-limits since horror is subjective. Here is your place to share your love or loathing for horror lit, but remember to be respectful.Ībusive comments and posts will get you banned but having a dissenting opinion is acceptable.

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