#agnes petrella

[pidgeons-cliffbirds-love]

alesis newman join my hoard of crazy infection ladies.

[souji-upseta]

SPOILERS for "Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke"

can someone please just explain to me how agnes gouged her eyes out/killed herself with the antique apple peeler bc im watching videos of antique apple peelers and trying to see how that applies to a human head or how it would be able to gouge out eyes?? i'm not making the connection.

also lol did she eat her "baby"? like, was that the implication, harking back to the story about her aunt and the eggs?

im too autistic for splatterpunk as a genre, man. i need ANSWERS!!! i have so many questions, and somehow, "why did i read this?" is not one of them

[thethirdbear]

[pretty-emo-dad]

I think the point is that Zoe was fucking with Agnes? Like there actually wasn’t any love there she just wanted to drive someone crazy

i love you agnes and zoe i love you so much but how and why did neither of them think about a sperm donor. like. you went ‘i want a baby. a life inside me.’ and your girlfriends first thought was ‘stick a salamander in your pocket’ and then when that wasn’t good enough and also she made you kill it her next plan is ‘ok i had a tapeworm once. 100% a living thing thats in you and depending on you. do that.’

[kincalling]

Hey there. I'm Agnes Petrella from Things Have Gotten Worse. Adults only, and kids shouldn't read this story. Message me even if you're not kin! I'm looking for anyone who's read it.

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[fluoxetinegreen444]

Things have gotten worse since we last spoke by Eric LaRocca

Back once again with another book review!

This time I read Things have gotten worse since we last spoke by Eric LaRocca. It was actually a Christmas gift and I read it under an hour since I was super excited about it.

The book discusses a fictional police case over Zoe Cross' involvement in the death of Agnes Petrella, two young women who meet and fall in love over the Internet. The two share an intense relationship before things go south and harmless talk turns into gory actions.

The entire book is composed of emails and instant chat messages, at the beginning a post on a Queer forum. It was an interesting format that kept me turning every page incredibly fast since I HAD to know what happened next. Usually I have an issue connecting with the characters in books with these kinds of formats but the connection and concern I felt for Agnes was instant. She's an incredibly relatable character and someone who the reader only wishes good for, but things turn slowly as the book progresses.

To be quite honest, I had expected more gore and more disturbing content. With that in mind, there were scene people can see as disturbing but in my experience they were quite mild compared to other things I've read or seen on screen. I had expected to be thoroughly disturbed but was only a little grossed out by a particular scene involving insects. I've heard people online name it "disturbing" and "crazy", which seems a bit extreme in my opinion. It was uncomfortable at times but nothing traumatising. In fact, it made me a bit disheartened as I've encountered similar themes in my own life.

Regardless, the book was an absolute joy to read and a strong recommendation if you aren't that sensitive to psychological thrillers. I'll probably re-read it and it will stay on my mind for a while. It gives off a weirdly safe feel despite the contents, that beings said, be warned and make sure to Google TWs.

[pidgeons-cliffbirds-love]

sorry agnes petrella and jane prentiss are on my mind. sorry. will happen again

[pidgeons-cliffbirds-love]

jane prentiss and agnes petrella are the same person.

[pidgeons-cliffbirds-love]

Your posts about Things Have Gotten Worse Than We Last Spoke helped change my mind about the story and Agnes as a character, thank you

ofc ofc:)

[pidgeons-cliffbirds-love]

Agnes Petrella from Eric LaRocca's Things have gotten worse since we last spoke is invading my mind. it is voluntary i love her. Indecently a reference right there.

[thethirdbear]

[metropoliseaten]

Image Description: Two collages with drawings of meat, overlaid with the words, “Things have gotten worse since we last spoke. I think there’s something wrong.” The same text is repeated in the post, with the heading, “Email from Agnes Petrella.” End ID.

EMAIL FROM AGNES PETRELLA:

Things have gotten worse since we last spoke. I think there’s something wrong.

[autoneurotic]

self immolating in the crafts store parking lot !

[autoneurotic]

просто погадать

[autoneurotic]

i’m trying. so so so so hard to be normal

[autoneurotic]

sorry i only make art about this book. like it’s my fault it made me insane