Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

185 reviews

kaitlynfreeze's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Whew…

Honestly I have no words. It was easy to read but hard to get through. Very heavy topics and left me feeling indifferent and sad from different angles. 

I know this review is so vague but I was left pretty speechless. 

4 stars to the book because the author did keep me intrigued yet disgusted the entire read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Murder, Rape, Animal death, Excrement, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Slavery, Torture, Grief, Gore, Animal cruelty, Death, Genocide, Infertility, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death of parent, Child death, and Dementia

sdrouse's review

dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

Well written but extremely disturbing. The author writes about apathy SO well. Touched on a lot of different themes but didn't really unpack anything? I wish I read more trigger warnings about this book, there are points where it feels the author goes on and on about gore without it really doing anything for the plot. I think certain gory scenes could have been omitted in favor of exploring the conspiracy aspect of the story further.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Animal cruelty, Death, Genocide, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Ableism

opininginplay's review

dark tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Genocide, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Slavery

curtiswastaken's review

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Classism, Cannibalism, and Body horror

makennadykstra's review

3.75

a very strange book to finish on the same day i broke/bent vegetarianism of ~5 years! supremely disturbing portrait of post/humanistic differentiations of human & animal, consumer & consumed! eek

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Animal death, Grief, and Genocide

kinskinn's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, Rape, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Torture

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Abortion, and Vomit

lizzymorang's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Body horror, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Dementia, Genocide, Blood, Murder, Slavery, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit and Excrement

Minor: Alcohol

orlagal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Abandonment, Ableism, Animal death, Grief, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Vomit, Blood, Cannibalism, Dementia, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Slavery

eb2701's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Animal death, Body horror, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Slavery, and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Dementia, Excrement, Sexual content, and Torture

elanashyong's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Gore, Classism, Body horror, Racism, Genocide, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Abortion