Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Wyborny trup by Agustina Bazterrica

488 reviews

yamtastic's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

Beautiful prose for such a disturbing story. The ending gets a lot of hate, but I think it was perfectly suited to the characters - a setting like this does not create a happy ending. In a way, there was no chance at a happy ending from the very beginning. Dark, intimate, sick and twisted, this is a book that will make you stop and consider what it means to be human. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Sexual violence, Murder, Death, Confinement, Body horror, Rape, Grief, Violence, Blood, Xenophobia, and Physical abuse

zoealicem's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Cannibalism, Murder, Violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Pedophilia

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

kmart29's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

2.0

Could only read this book on an empty stomach. Very graphic and disturbing, yet oddly the first half of the book is boring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Death, Gore, Confinement, Murder, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Violence, and Animal cruelty

anjae's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

3.5

This was so nasty and I wish I could wipe it from my brain, but I’m also glad I read it. It’s a pretty on-the-nose analogy for mass industrial animal agriculture, but it still worked really well. This was well written and captivating, but I don’t know if I would ever recommend it to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Dementia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Child death, Confinement, Death, Murder, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Torture, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

ellevlt's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

wow this guy really hates women! 

Idk I think it just wasn’t for me. I thought the premise was so promising and really interesting at some parts but I just couldn’t get past the main character. Wanted to get through it in case twist paid off but ending fell flat for me too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Confinement, Homophobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Child death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Murder, and Death of parent

bethann_coleates's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Sexual assault, Vomit, Blood, Rape, Cannibalism, Slavery, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Pregnancy, Torture, and Trafficking

erin2802's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I love dystopias and this one was chilling. Imagining a world where cannibalism is the norm is scary to think of. Though gruesome, the book was much deeper than just body horror and degeneracy, it was a depiction of grief and loneliness, morality in a state where it seemingly no longer exists. The main character is troubled but likeable, but then the ending really showed just how much society and grief can dig into you. It was horrifying but almost cathartic for the main character and his wife. It was not as disgusting as I was expecting and definitely a really good read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Death, Dementia, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Confinement, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

jessiejonesbentley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Infertility, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Torture, Dementia, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

mybestfriendisabook's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

wow this is the most fucked up thing i’ve ever read. i almost DNFed at the start bc i didn’t think i could stomach it, i was very on guard and unsettled. if it was all gore, i definitely wouldn’t have made it. the ending… phew wow didn’t see that coming but it all makes sense now.

how the slaughterhouse is described and how the humans are referred is just like what happens to the animals that are bred for “food” - having seen footage of these practices, it was very very disturbing to imagine humans in their place.

i hope that readers can realize that the treatment of humans in this book is literally a reality today for nonhuman animals - pure pure horror and nothing you’d wish upon anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Rape, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Death, Child death, Confinement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Slavery, and Torture