We Can Never Leave This Place
2022 • 106 pages
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Average rating3.8
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read for summerween 2022
this is one of those books that you can think about forever and never have true answers. this was fantastical but the horrifying nature of this story was so enticing. and eric larocca always has the absolute best writing and something about the way he writes just digs it's way into my soul.
This is my second novel by the author, my first being ‘Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke'
I defend that novel quite a bit. My reason being that even for as short as it is, it's still quite an intimate portrayal being two characters and for me that was a exciting feat.
However I do not think that there's enough... erm, talent for a lack of a better word here, to bring this premise to life with as many characters involved. It became hard to find enjoyment within this when the characters were so copy paste think experiments.
I did however love some of the visual scenes and the daughter. I probably would of preferred this more if the daughter and mother had more page time and a coherent timeline of exploring the trauma between the two.
My other gripe is the use of misogynistic needlessness. I think misogyny/sexism is a realistic part of life and no I'm not against it being in books. But on the other hand, there's a character in this book named Rake and during a scene he says paraphrasing here things akin to “find that cunt” and “get that bitch” - it just SO easily could of been “find her” with literally nothing changing. Same for the scene of the mother stating a daughter should know how to wash her cunt. You could of called her dirty or whatever but narrowing it down to an unwashed “cunt” is laughable. I think horror writers especially men authors, I've found just say things like this for the sake of it, this novel proving my point, and it genuinely adds nothing besides a weird reaffirmation of no reprieve from a man's mind even in fictional circumstances.
Nice premise, but definitely fell flat for me in many aspects. Will probably be my last book from the author.
