Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

141 reviews

bodiless's review

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

4.75

this was the most insane book ever

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Gore, Murder, Trafficking, Torture, Body horror, Classism, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Slavery

corymbia's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

a terrifyingly realistic what if scenario
a not so subtle reflection of society and values
disgusting, horrifying, delicious.
read it in 2 days.
i love this book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Cannibalism, Gore, Torture, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Trafficking, and Body horror

Moderate: Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Classism, and Suicide

Minor: Dementia and Pedophilia

sarahshock's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Amazing book! Highly recommend. The ending is insane!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Child abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Genocide, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Dysphoria, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Torture, and Violence

kelisabeth's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Grief, Abortion, Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gore, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Dementia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Child abuse, Confinement, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Physical abuse, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, and Rape

ex_hardesty's review

challenging dark 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? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Trafficking, Violence, Rape, Death, Confinement, Vomit, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Death of parent, Dementia, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Suicide

kokokiero's review

dark 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child abuse

carples72's review

It was a bit too dark and gruesome for me. Made me actually nauseous at some parts, so I had to put it down bc I wasn’t enjoying myself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Cannibalism, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Murder, Sexual assault, and Blood

shewhoturnsallpages7834's review

challenging dark medium-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

3.0

Marcos has a hyper-fixation on words. In world that literally rips the vocal cords of their facility breed "special meat" in order to circumvent the sounds of another human beings suffering, he continues to crave connection. His inner world is bleak yet descriptive when it comes to his judgments of others, and justifications of himself. 

 I was not mentally prepared for the gory details of the "processing plant" and I spend the first couple of pages with a permanent scowl on my face. Unsure of the virus is real or not, or a sinister conspiracy to allow humanity to capitalize on its lurking darkness, I am still struggling to wrap my mind around the decisions of the main character. Marcos appears to grapple with his almost nihilistic  decision to embrace cannibalism as part of his livelihood until a breakdown in his judgement leads to his ultimate prize. 

He oscalites between looking down on his peers in the "meat" industry and kind-of envying their easy adjustment to stripping other humans down to their most basic parts literally, for entertainment, religion, and entertainment.  Like many others in this story, Marcos acknowledges the cognitive dissonance of it all and he suffers in silence. His desire to have a family ultimately acts as the catalyst for his corruption and final act of immolation. There are not enough words to adequately described the grotesqueness of it all. Meat. Head. Product. Disgusting. This medium paced dystopian novel had a few "food of thought" moments but in the end, I would not revisit it in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Murder, Body horror, Death of parent, Rape, Trafficking, Death, Grief, Suicide, Animal death, Infertility, Abandonment, Medical content, and Violence

poucks's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.0

This book was very interesting and I liked the concept of it, however, I was not sold on the author's writing style.

The story in itself was unique, interesting and well thought out. The main character, Marcos,  was very clearly a very damaged man and that was well portrayed in the book, in the way he behaved around people and the thoughts he had.

The world building was good and it was clear a lot of thought went into it. The mechanics of the meat processing, weather or not the virus is real, to the habits people have created now that animals are deemed dangerous. 

All in all, definitely the second part of the book, I couldn't put it down, but the end was very obvious and like I said, the writing style wasn't for me. I am happy I read the book though! But I would not recommend it to everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Murder, Child death, Body horror, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Sexual assault, Trafficking, Torture, Sexual violence, Grief, Body horror, Rape, Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Violence

zsommers's review

dark 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Body horror, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Cannibalism, Classism, Sexual assault, Violence, Trafficking, Animal death, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Child death, Grief, Death of parent, and Torture

Minor: Infertility and Excrement