Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

157 reviews

misszoehatter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Animal death, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Death, Pregnancy, and Body horror

Moderate: Infertility, Rape, Slavery, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Child death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Alcohol, Torture, Death of parent, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

freezerrats's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

It’s a good book !! But it doesn't really live up to the hype that I’d been hearing about it. Obviously some of the emotion / story telling has been altered in the translation and I understand that but the ending is unsatisfying in a way that makes sense yet isnt a Good unsatisfying ending yk ? bro is just another cog in the machine (and thats the point !! HOWEVER !!! I didnt super love it personally)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Trafficking, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Rape, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia

akaspiderlily's review

dark slow-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? No

To be frank, it’s a terrible read. It is highly disturbing, while offering no real substance outside of its graphic detailed description of a cannibalistic future society. There is a fetishization at play almost, and the main character is a violent, raping, sociopath, whose only “human” characteristic lies in the fact that he does not enjoy eating human meat like “normal” with everyone else. Additionally, I found the truly horrific parts of it entirely too pathetically dismissive of the history this society would have had, as if caging humans, breeding them, hunting them, experimenting on them, and eating them, was not something practiced by white conquistadors and slavers on African and indigenous people. There is a literal mention of one of the villains in the story having a picture of a white colonizer with human heads in Africa as a point of reverence, yet only this present-day dystopia is horrific? Terrible. 0 stars. This is why I stay away from white authors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Abortion, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Torture, Violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, and Trafficking

zsommers's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Sexual violence, Murder, Body horror, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Cannibalism, Classism, Sexual assault, Violence, Trafficking, Animal death, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Child death, Grief, Death of parent, and Torture

Minor: Infertility and Excrement

addy_rose's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Slavery, Trafficking, Body horror, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, Rape, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Pedophilia

blueyapologist's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Holy shit dude. This book had tension and twists and I have never felt a stronger urge to shower after reading something 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Torture, Drug use, Animal death, Addiction, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Blood, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Chronic illness, Body horror, Dementia, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Infertility, Grief, Gore, Cursing, Confinement, Classism, Cannibalism, Alcoholism, Murder, Misogyny, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Racism, Genocide, Car accident, and Animal cruelty

lvfl's review

2.0

Blech. This book is not for me. It’s well written and the story is interesting but it’s just too vile for me. I’m not sure I can think of a content watching this book shouldn’t have. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Death of parent, Dementia, Murder, Classism, Slavery, Body shaming, Gore, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

reillym's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

Demented and beautiful. I had chills at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Rape, Emotional abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Dementia, and Excrement

zzaranazz's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

HOLY FUCK I LOVED THIS BOOK… til the last 40 pages. like what the hell i feel like im missing the backend of the book. they set up so much and then there was no pay off and i still have sooooo many questions. bro what the hell

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Animal death, Violence, Trafficking, Terminal illness, Infertility, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Gore, Slavery, Pedophilia, and Forced institutionalization

madnesium's review

dark fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Torture, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Gore, Trafficking, Rape, Physical abuse, Blood, Pedophilia, Animal death, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, and Self harm

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Death of parent, and Confinement

Minor: Slavery and Dementia