Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

228 reviews

tinyhands15's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Slavery, Torture, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Dementia, and Trafficking

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide

eleanorashcroftsmith's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Dementia, Genocide, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Child abuse, Death, Excrement, Murder, Vomit, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Pregnancy, Torture, and Violence

lea_david's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Amazing. Its super disturbing but i love it. Its not book for everyone tho. Its very gore and detailed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cannibalism, Gore, Animal death, Slavery, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Body horror, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Sexual violence, Torture, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Death

Not a book for everyone.

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

albikey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Very quick to read.  But it is a very hard book to read, it is very explicit.  And the author describes quite realistically the way humans are treated like livestock in real life.  As a person in the veterinary world, I know first-hand about the meat industry.  Seeing the possibility of human beings becoming livestock has been very disturbing, especially because I think that if they were given this opportunity for a way of life, they would be just like the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Dementia, and Gore

Moderate: Trafficking, Murder, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

kendallpresto's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Wtf

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Body horror, Dementia, Infertility, Death, Child death, Animal death, Gore, Murder, Rape, Cannibalism, and Grief

Moderate: Classism

avitaloosh's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

GO READ IT NOW!!!!! the writing, the plot, the characters- everything is just sooooo good!
Some themes in the book are left unexplored but in my opinion it provokes thought and conspiracies…
that ending left my mind BLANK like bffr
it’s just a really good book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Torture, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape and Animal cruelty

thecozycoven's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Dementia, Excrement, Infertility, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Cannibalism, Gore, Grief, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Violence, Torture, and Trafficking

ecn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Well written and disgusting but just not for me I think. Just wasn’t hitting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Confinement, Classism, Body horror, Murder, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Grief, Trafficking, Racism, Gore, Death, Child death, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Blood, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Abortion, Alcohol, Torture, Medical trauma, Excrement, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Sexism, Rape, and Pandemic/Epidemic

noosh_pdf's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

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

4.25

          "I know that when I die somebody’s going to sell my flesh on the black market, one of my awful distant relatives. That’s why I smoke and drink, so I taste bitter and no one  gets any pleasure out of my death.” -Spanel 

  

"She had the look of a domesticated animal," -Marcos Tejo

Just wow.
An utterly disgusting, stomach churning, gut wrenching book. Completely revolting. But I loved it.
The book is beautiful in such a way it is absolutely atrocious to read, the descriptions the author uses disgust me to a point of gagging. I have to say, although I loved it, it was not much of a memorable read.
It's not the best book, but it's definitely worth the time I spent. If you do wish to read this, I highly advise you to check the trigger warnings because even for me, it was terrifying.

The book itself is very slow paced, the actuality of whats happening does not reveal itself until Part Two of the book, however, I think that was the whole point of this novel.
Personally, if everyone had resorted to cannibalism for meat, I'd just go vegan, as long as I have seasoning with me, I'd eat plain lettuce for all that matters.

Now the plot itself, is basically about Marcos Tejo and how his wife is struggling after the death of their baby, Leo. This book exists in a dystopian world where all animals have been affected by a Virus and people have resorted to special meat  for survival since they can't live without meat. The special meat in this case is Human Meat. Humans are specifically breeded for slaughter and are referred to as, "Heads" because they hold no specific value in life and can't speak since their vocal cords have been cut out. 

That's all I will say about the description. 
I do think this book showcases the inhumanity some people can posses, the craze for murder and blood. I have nothing else to say. 
Read for yourself and see how the ending just leaves you speechless and disgusted. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cannibalism, Child death, Slavery, Pandemic/Epidemic, Infertility, Car accident, Bullying, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Blood, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Murder, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Miscarriage, Gore, and Dementia