Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

227 reviews

elinhaldira's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Classism, Toxic relationship, Torture, Slavery, Animal death, Miscarriage, Sexism, Rape, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Murder, Infertility, Animal cruelty, Gore, Racism, Confinement, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, and Death

a_stroberry's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Cannibalism, and Slavery

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Death, Genocide, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Classism, and Dementia

teagstime's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

(Belated review- it's been a while since I read)
Read this as part of a bookclub group, and really really enjoyed the conversations it produced. I wouldn't say this book is my Roman Empire but I have, indeed, thought about it multiple times since reading it over a year ago. 
Really dark and well-written (even as someone who read the translated English version) foray into the nature of humankind and what lengths people may go to to survive- on both a global scale and a personal one (what you have to tell yourself to cope when you have to work against your own morality, etc). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Death, Slavery, Torture, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Rape

blueyapologist'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
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Holy shit dude. This book had tension and twists and I have never felt a stronger urge to shower after reading something 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Torture, Drug use, Animal death, Addiction, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Blood, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Chronic illness, Body horror, Dementia, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Infertility, Grief, Gore, Cursing, Confinement, Classism, Cannibalism, Alcoholism, Murder, Misogyny, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Racism, Genocide, Car accident, and Animal cruelty

ainslieruhl's review against another edition

every word of this book made me cringe and feel gross. blahhhh. knew i wouldn’t like it but was looking for something short so figured i would give it a try. really it’s my own fault, and maybe this book is for other people, but cannot express how much it is not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Self harm, Miscarriage, Body horror, Physical abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape, Terminal illness, Gore, Death, Pregnancy, and Abortion

unhinged_stoic's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

It's very slow, it evokes disturbing imagery, it's eerie. World building is somewhat lacking, although it makes sense as the book follows protagonist in his job in the slaughtering business. This is not about love. As some might believe, or mistake it for. 
Immersive, very descriptive, overall good book. Rises questions of morality, makes you think. Had great impact on me, but some of it is due to shock value.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, and Miscarriage

marselaine's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The best twist ending I’ve ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Violence, Gore, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent, Rape, and Pregnancy

Minor: Trafficking, Medical content, Miscarriage, Dementia, Sexual content, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

ribbenkast's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

I'm not giving this book a low rating because it's gross and gory. I love gross and gory and I've read things more gross and gory than this. I have to commend the book for its effective use of the gore. It wasn't too overly gory just to be shocking, it used the gore effectivly to make its point. 

However, the world building is really flimsy. The main story is fine but the whole world falls apart with one single kick to its legs. The premise was great, but the author fails to present the premise as a plausible. There is just no way that if all meat becomes inedible tommorow we'll just switch to human meat. Not because I believe we as humans are incapable of doing the evils described in the book, but for the simple fact that capitalism will find a more profitable and cost effective solution. The story was build on a shaky foundation which made it hard to take the whole book seriously.

Whether the virus that killed all the animals or not was real remains a mistery. The explanation given for this to be a 'hoax' is that the goverment wants to solve overpopulation. Again, capitalism will find a more cost effective way.

 

Furthermore, the author tries so hard to be 'literary'. The book tried to make a point about society at large, but it fell flat. Both me and the author desperedly wanted to have this book have a message beyond: fuck the meat industry. It didn't really. 
Maybe it works better in the original Spanish but the author never uses the main characters name to describe him. just 'he'. I get that she probably was trying to make a point about dehumanisation by this, but instead it just made the book read like a bulletpoint list of the main characters day. Also the scenes with multiple men in them (which is almost all) became very confusing to read as it's unclear who's speaking. Also, the desired effect doesn't work if you have other characters clearly adres him by his full name. 

The ending though, was perfect. I am glad I finished this book just for the ending.    

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Dementia, Body horror, Slavery, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Violence, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Grief, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, Blood, Confinement, Torture, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Rape, Medical content, Gore, Death of parent, and Death

gaijin1331's review against another edition

2.0

I regret reading this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Infertility, Infidelity, Cannibalism, Gore, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Murder

zzaranazz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

HOLY FUCK I LOVED THIS BOOK… til the last 40 pages. like what the hell i feel like im missing the backend of the book. they set up so much and then there was no pay off and i still have sooooo many questions. bro what the hell

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Animal death, Violence, Trafficking, Terminal illness, Infertility, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Gore, Slavery, Pedophilia, and Forced institutionalization