![]() Things Have Gotten Worse is my second read from Eric, and while I immensely enjoyed Starving Ghosts in Every Threadlast year, this was even better. If you need to check the content warnings, I’ve added them below, hidden in spoiler tags and split between the non-spoilery and the spoilery ones. THGW is a very graphic and disturbing read, which is certainly not a bad thing in my eyes, only something that I believe readers should be aware of beforehand: this is a story you’ll want to steel yourself for. ![]() There’s so little I can say about this story without spoiling anything, and this is absolutely the type of book that I recommend going into without having been spoiled if you can. As we get further into the story, many of the emails are being told after certain events have already happened, and the entire dynamic builds so wonderfully on the impending sense of dread that begins on the very first page. We only get to see the bits of each character that they allow each other to see, and because of this, I found myself curious about each woman’s motives, or wondering how they would react to a scenario. Things Have Gotten Worse is a story told through instant messages and emails, and I’d like to start by saying this storytelling mechanism works brilliantly for this story. This was one of the most unsettling, disturbing things I have ever read, and I could not put it down. This is one of those stories that, despite its brevity, is going to stick with me for a long time to come. I read this in one sitting last night and can’t stop thinking about it, almost 24 hours later. What have you done today to deserve your eyes? TITLE: Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last SpokeĪ whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s-a darkness that threatens to forever transform them once they finally succumb to their most horrific desires.
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