Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

35 reviews

lizardgod's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

"She had the human look of a domesticated animal."
pg. 156

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Violence, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Death, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Grief, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, and Body horror

hannah__pearson's review

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Sexual assault, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Animal cruelty, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Gore, and Misogyny

verbamatic's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Kidnapping

machineherald69's review

dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Medical content, Vomit, Car accident, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Infertility

sarah984's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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

1.0

This was a strange read for me - sort of a cannibalistic version of The Jungle. I didn't mind the matter of fact descriptions of the brutality of the meat industry (in fact, the words the industry has come up with to mask what they're actually doing is one of the few things I actually liked about the book) but could hardly stand any of the rest of it. So much of this book is about this sort of whiny annoying character who feels superior to other people for no real reason, unappealing sex scenes and mind-boggling world building. The idea that the land didn't change at all when most animals were slaughtered is kind of ridiculous, as is the idea that every government in the world agreed to this plan at the same time

when the virus (likely) doesn't exist and it doesn't even solve the stated problem. The Transition is posited to be a solution to "overpopulation" but eating non-agricultural humans is in most cases illegal and the ones in captivity are bred for meat purposes so the population is the same??

I didn't get this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal cruelty, Gore, Animal death, Cannibalism, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Child death, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Misogyny, Racism, Trafficking, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Homophobia, Vomit, Gun violence, Self harm, Abortion, Terminal illness, and Suicide

arrichaibooks's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Death, Gun violence, Abortion, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Child death, Infertility, Suicide, Vomit, Excrement, Murder, and Violence

irenemarie's review

challenging dark 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Blood, Gore, Classism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexism, Body horror, Infidelity, and Animal death

Moderate: Dementia, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Infertility, Rape, and Child death

lewskj's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Blood, Confinement, Body horror, Death, Murder, Cannibalism, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Gore, Animal death, and Torture

Moderate: Gun violence

booksofautumn's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Pregnancy, Rape, and Slavery

mermaidsherbet's review

challenging dark informative tense medium-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Cannibalism, Animal death, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Death of parent, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Gun violence, Torture, Trafficking, Infertility, and Pedophilia

Minor: Grief and Racism