Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

19 reviews

worthill's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

Horrendous. DNF

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Violence, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Cannibalism, and Death

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

lokes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Excrement, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexism

onthelam's review

dark sad tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Normally I enjoy grotesque disgusting descriptive books but this was just pointless and insensible? Most of the scenes didn't add to the story and were just dragging. It felt like a short story stretched to fit a whole book. Also, there was some stuff included to make the twist believable but there was so much more against it.

If he didn't care for jasmine at all then why did he name her, treat her as a human and all that? He could have just raped her and kept her in the barn dirty till she gave birth if that was all he wanted. And the things that point to him not being the somewhat moral person as portrayed in most of the book can also be explained by the sense of helplessness prevalent through it like the puppy scene and the fact that he killed his dogs. So really there was no good foreshadowing and it was just there to add shock value.

. I liked the idea a lot and some of the things early on especially the commentary on humanity in general but the execution could have been much better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Genocide, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Bullying, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Self harm, Police brutality, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Confinement

awags5411's review

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

I don’t have the words. I was gagging, hurting, saddened, disgusted. Will I read it again… I’m not sure, I don’t think I’ll forget this one for some time …. Yikes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Torture, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Infertility, Cannibalism, Animal death, Gore, and Trafficking

Moderate: Pregnancy, Genocide, and Confinement

Minor: Excrement

outbeet's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Dementia, Death of parent, and Mental illness

jordanleigh321's review

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Infertility, Body horror, Hate crime, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Animal death, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Death of parent, Gore, Torture, Violence, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, and Murder

emmalouisesteer's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Abortion, and Addiction

pilarr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit