Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

13 reviews

somer_19's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Eating disorder, Infertility, Medical trauma, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Rape, Slavery, and Violence

ejr1904's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This was absolutely devastating, moving, and brilliant. The twist at the end was unforeseen and my body physically responded to. Dark, twisted, and a strong piece of social commentary 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

cameeroo's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Eating disorder

Minor: Child death, Dementia, and Rape