You've Lost a Lot of Blood

I don't know how to rate this, so I'm leaving it blank for now.

This novella feels like House of Leaves but easier to understand and also sort of like an episode of Hannibal. I'm not sure what the “point” of this work was, but it's intriguing to say the least. Eric LaRocca is an extremely effective writer and they use language in ways that bring the story to life. And in ways that really grossed me out at times. I typically don't get squeamish easily when reading, but some of the body horror in this made me a little queasy and cringe. This novella is really strange and dark. I implore anyone to read the content warning before reading this. I listened to this on audio and, at times, I was reading the physical copy 
I also don't think I've ever said this before, but I think a lot of the material in this novella would work effectively as a short film. I doubt I'd watch it, but I think some folks may enjoy it.

im so disappointed

the novella was boring, the dialogues felt unnatural & the writing pretentious

its so crazy because i LOVED his other book (title is too long but you know which one)

but yeah, i literally finished it out of spite

2023 reread

this reread made me connect to the story and the themes significantly more!

2022 readread for strangeathon 2022: lgbtq+ rep

i really enjoyed the writing here because it was so good. most horror literally doesn't affect me anymore but something about eric larocca's writing truly makes me feel unsettled and disturbed. i wish we had more of the actual story and less of the book within the book and seeing the connection between those more but i still enjoyed this book immensely nonetheless.