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Особливе м'ясо by Agustina Bazterrica

366 reviews

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I am unsettled 

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

If there’s any book that would make me go vegan, it’s this one. 

It’s hard to explain, but this is one of the “filthiest” books I’ve read. It feels like it just stinks, and everything is covered in gore. 

I absolutely loved the world building, and the plot itself was about as dark as it can get. I believe I understand the authors intentions in not telling us too much, but I feel like they could have gone further in depth surrounding the general events that led to the world as it is when the story takes place. 

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I can never recover from reading this

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DID NOT FINISH: 73%

Plot feels self indulgent, shock factor over actual plot, ending is wildly predictable. It's not good writing, it's just inexplicably gory for the shock factor more than anything. An interesting thought experiment executed poorly.

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No

leer este libro es como ver un accodente de tráfico o un parto que sale mal

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dark sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

What the actual fuck.

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is a very intense book that I found off TikTok, it just seemed like one of those silly “wish i could read it for the first time” recs. But it’s not 😭
The premise is very interesting and themes of humanity were very well discussed; however, those with weak stomachs should put down this book. I would say I have a fairly high tolerance for darker themes and graphic scenes, but even this book tested my limits. 
Where the book lost me is, until the ‘twist’ at the end, the main character was very confusing to me in whether or not I was supposed to be rooting for him. I was decidedly not after he
SAed a pivotal character
, but I found the rest of the book hard to finish as the main character was an exceedingly worse and worse person in a very unsettling way. And while this can be a good thing, much of the book relies on the severe harming of women which I do not particularly enjoy in my books.
I still gave the book a 3.5 because the world and ending is decidedly interesting, and if i could be more objective the rating would be higher, but reading is subjective and I would not recommend this book to most sane people. I guess that is what the author meant tho so there is a funny irony in there somewhere. 

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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