Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

165 reviews

morganraeh's review

dark 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

4.0

This book is the Dr. pimple popper of books…. I listened it on audible (and if you do, i recommend setting it to a 1.2x pace in order to hear it in a normal speaking speed) and i couldnt stop listening. Not because I love the book, but because i just couldnt “look away”.  

The author did a great job of trying to convey what they were in this book.  This book definitely leaves an impression on you and is thought provoking. I would definitely recommend this for anyone who likes books like the handmaids tale and can handle intense and sensitive topics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Gore, Animal death, Cannibalism, Torture, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide and Pedophilia

orangeslices's review

dark emotional tense

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

3.0

Any living being can be meat - humans forget that unless under duress, when they realize how fragile they are. Objectification and dehumanization serves as humanity's tool to oppress and extract what they need. I felt like it was an intentional choice that the main character was a man: most of the relationships with women in the book are laced with misogyny and characters are only seen through roles that women play for him. His mother is dead, his wife is an intentionally absent presence throughout the book, he has an affair with a butcher whom he loathes and wishes to dominate, there's a nurse that takes care of his father, his sister, his business partners, and his "head." There's little to no affection that can be felt between the women in his life except for his idealized, human pet. The most warmth that Marcos can conjure is for animals and his father. 
It's really tough book to read because it's rife with any and all crimes that humanity is capable of - and infuriatingly capable of justifying. Liked it and would never read again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia

bri_reads9's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Murder, Animal death, Sexual content, Rape, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

alyvia_jeane's review

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Animal death, Death, Violence, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Blood, Murder, Cannibalism, Rape, Torture, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Trafficking, Pedophilia, Dementia, Death of parent, and Infidelity

saint_eleanor's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

Do not expect even one ounce of happiness in this whole book!! I was skeptical of this at first bc i thought it was just vegan propaganda but it actually is kind of more about the lengths people will go to to have a child, and how desensitized one can become to violence if they’re being paid to do so. AND its also vegan propaganda but it works. Sick and twisted thats fs, women authors are always the most creative when it comes to brutality 🥴 It was also really focused on rhetoric and language that shapes our ways of knowing, the power of words and semiotics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Torture, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, and Gore

Moderate: Rape and Pedophilia

There’s a lot of mention of SA but no detailed descriptions, there is detailed descriptions of torture, slaughter, gore, and torture of pregnant women tho.

daniela_09's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Murder, Blood, Violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Rape

metaphorsandmisc's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Cannibalism, Animal death, Rape, Sexism, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Blood

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Suicide

zoyaeeman's review

dark tense medium-paced

5.0

Terrible. Will never read this again. 5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Slavery, Pregnancy, Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Rape, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Infertility, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

i_read_books_sometimes's review

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

0.5

A real disappointment. SA used for shock value, gratuitous horror that very quickly lost any emotional impact. I was very surprised that the author is a woman because all the female characters are only characterised by being sexual in a very dehumanising way -- which may have been the point of the book, but it felt demeaning rather than furthering the author's message. In other sections of the novel, the book hits the reader over the head repeatedly with its meaning. Phrases were repeated over and over, and the writing style was very dry. This may have been the translation, but with the plot being both boring and problematic, I still feel it's fair to give this book a low rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Gore, and Trafficking

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Pedophilia

grace_tg's review

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Murder, Animal death, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Genocide, Death, Cannibalism, Violence, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Torture, and Incest

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, and Suicide