Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

35 reviews

kirtreads's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book had such potential and was such a cool premise but it fell short in a couple areas for me. 

It focused so hard on the gore of it all that the really interesting psychological aspects were buried. I was expected to take a lot on faith as a reader, which fine, but then the main character doesn’t even trust that the virus is real. 

I needed the book to be from any other characters perspective. She took the most boring character in a cast of very interesting characters. 

The story felt weirdly stilted. We got huge internal dialogue pieces and then the ending is so rushed. It felt very off. 

The premise was good and I wanted to love this book but it just was not what I wanted it to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Infertility, Torture, Trafficking, Death, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Excrement, Death of parent, Rape, Child death, and Forced institutionalization

niamhrowanch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

she has the human look of a domesticated animal?!?!!!?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Slavery, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Violence, Infertility, Trafficking, Excrement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Blood, Terminal illness, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Murder, Rape, and Torture

mxpringle's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I literally don't know what to say about this I'm so awestruck and disgusted

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Infertility, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Death, Violence, Torture, Miscarriage, Genocide, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Slavery, Murder, Animal death, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Child death

nataliereadsokay's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

marcos tejo is the scum of the earth and although he constantly looked down upon the rest of the people in his life for their actions,he was the worst of them all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, Slavery, Torture, Child death, Blood, Confinement, Excrement, Rape, Body horror, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Physical abuse, Trafficking, Murder, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

oli_par's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Infidelity, Blood, Torture, Violence, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death of parent, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Vomit, and Excrement

Minor: Sexual violence, Suicide, and Rape

cbohn19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Medical content, Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage and Sexual content

navayiota's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Not an enjoyable book in the traditional sense. A horrifying commentary of humans' ability to overlook anything for the sake of fitting in or getting clout. Incredibly disturbing and graphic, to the point of being physically nauseating. I can definitely see this becoming a modern classic, similarly to American psycho. It includes a sex scene that was so disgusting, both in the way it was written and what was b ing described that it made me reconsider the book in a bad way. I skipped the rest of the chapter because it felt like it just kept going. If it weren't included, I probably would have rated it 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Dementia, Animal death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Grief, Blood, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Car accident

Minor: Drug abuse

crystal689's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

marinalikeaboatyard's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Not for the faint of heart, but gripping and thought provoking. Couldn’t put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Infertility, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

reginacattus's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I think this book might be the most tense and physically uncomfortable read I've ever encountered, and incredibly thought-provoking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Infertility, Cannibalism, Death, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Confinement, Blood, Sexual assault, Gore, and Death of parent

Moderate: Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Classism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Colonisation, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Infidelity

Minor: Alcohol, Excrement, Cursing, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment