Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

7 reviews

lauraline's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

karapillar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, Classism, Grief, Infidelity, Vomit, Slavery, Violence, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Gore, Body horror, Mental illness, Blood, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Medical content, Miscarriage, Child death, Death of parent, Cancer, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Murder, and Alcohol

simp4sneks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I highly recommend looking at trigger warnings before reading thism it goes in depth on the butchering, tanning, breeding process of HUMANS in a cannabalistic world. I dove into this without looking at proper TW, and even though I enjoyed the writing and the author very much, I wish I took a proper look into what I will be reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Sexism

peripetyy's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The strongest quality of this book is the writing, characterization and world building. We follow the main character through his days in a world where cannibalism is legalized and humans are genetically modified for commercial use. Every person in this story interacts with the cognitive dissonance of this world differently. Some revel in it. Others are in denial. Many have used the Transition to rise to power. That’s what kept me reading.  I was searching for anyone with a shred of compassion for the domesticated humans. By the end, I had my answer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Slavery, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

arbramirez's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Infertility, Body horror, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Death, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Murder, Kidnapping, Excrement, Child death, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Blood, Animal death, Rape, Vomit, Torture, Misogyny, Gun violence, Confinement, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

leazzz's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I would like to never think about this book again. 
I think every other review I've seen of this SERIOUSLY downplays the TWs. 
Regardless of the writing/characters/plot, this is seriously disturbing and for a lot of people it will NOT be worth reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Murder, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Torture, Chronic illness, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Police brutality, Self harm, Slavery, Trafficking, Rape, Body horror, Excrement, and Genocide

asafekindofhigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is one of the most disturbing yet eye-opening books that I have read. In a dystopian world where animal meat is supposedly poisonous for humans, human meat is used as food. The main character, who works at one of these factories, points out the horrors of the meat industry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence