Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

19 reviews

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

whatiamactuallyreading's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Not gonna lie, this books writing reminded me of fanfics… that said it was easy to read in that way. However this book is in every way possible disgusting and the plot kind of gives away the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, Torture, Pregnancy, Rape, Animal cruelty, Racism, and Hate crime

stefnwp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Infertility, Medical trauma, Murder, Blood, Cannibalism, Grief, Death of parent, Confinement, Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

ribbenkast's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

I'm not giving this book a low rating because it's gross and gory. I love gross and gory and I've read things more gross and gory than this. I have to commend the book for its effective use of the gore. It wasn't too overly gory just to be shocking, it used the gore effectivly to make its point. 

However, the world building is really flimsy. The main story is fine but the whole world falls apart with one single kick to its legs. The premise was great, but the author fails to present the premise as a plausible. There is just no way that if all meat becomes inedible tommorow we'll just switch to human meat. Not because I believe we as humans are incapable of doing the evils described in the book, but for the simple fact that capitalism will find a more profitable and cost effective solution. The story was build on a shaky foundation which made it hard to take the whole book seriously.

Whether the virus that killed all the animals or not was real remains a mistery. The explanation given for this to be a 'hoax' is that the goverment wants to solve overpopulation. Again, capitalism will find a more cost effective way.

 

Furthermore, the author tries so hard to be 'literary'. The book tried to make a point about society at large, but it fell flat. Both me and the author desperedly wanted to have this book have a message beyond: fuck the meat industry. It didn't really. 
Maybe it works better in the original Spanish but the author never uses the main characters name to describe him. just 'he'. I get that she probably was trying to make a point about dehumanisation by this, but instead it just made the book read like a bulletpoint list of the main characters day. Also the scenes with multiple men in them (which is almost all) became very confusing to read as it's unclear who's speaking. Also, the desired effect doesn't work if you have other characters clearly adres him by his full name. 

The ending though, was perfect. I am glad I finished this book just for the ending.    

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Dementia, Body horror, Slavery, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Violence, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Grief, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Child death, Pregnancy, Blood, Confinement, Torture, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Rape, Medical content, Gore, Death of parent, and Death

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

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.

hellandhogwarts's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Body horror, Murder, Torture, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Blood, Rape, Slavery, and Gore

alisageorge's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I don't have an issue with the writing. I thought there was very well depicted scenes that were very captivating and grotesque. Yes, there is a main character that is unlikeable. No character in this story is very likeable, honestly. 
I knew going into this book that there was going to be shock and unsettling events and descriptions happening. But that was the ONLY thing that happened. Everything was written just for shock and I had a hard time  having the underlying message really mean something as I didn't feel invested because it feels detached. It was also kind of boring, which is surprising given the content within the work. 

And the ending?? Kind of saw it coming. Wasn't really surprised by it. 

I had a hard time believing the main character was capable of feeling in general.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Hate crime, Infertility, Racism, Physical abuse, Rape, Trafficking, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

simp4sneks's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I highly recommend looking at trigger warnings before reading thism it goes in depth on the butchering, tanning, breeding process of HUMANS in a cannabalistic world. I dove into this without looking at proper TW, and even though I enjoyed the writing and the author very much, I wish I took a proper look into what I will be reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Sexism

lenny69's review

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Trafficking, Hate crime, Blood, Toxic relationship, Rape, Gore, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy