Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

167 reviews

reggiethebird's review

challenging dark sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

It's fucked up, y'all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Blood, Classism, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Torture, Animal cruelty, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Dementia, Violence, Slavery, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gore, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use, Miscarriage, Rape, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Suicide, and Self harm

Minor: Body shaming

angryredpanda's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Infertility, Body horror, Death, Excrement, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Medical content, Sexual content, Vomit, Sexual assault, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Slavery

meat_muffin's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

Christ, this was well-written by my GOD, is it dark. Humanity is so fucked - this will 100% be my choice for “most fucked up book read in 2023.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Infertility, Animal cruelty, Classism, Confinement, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Murder, Miscarriage, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jupitervivienne's review

dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

While I did enjoy this book and got through it in one sitting, I felt that it was trying to spell things out for the reader too much and was a bit on the nose. Being such a short book the pace and development is just a bit too fast to fully flesh out its themes. I felt I was easily able to anticipate the events and see the underlying message and I wish this book gave a bit more to work with as cannibalism is such an intriguing horror. Parts of the story definitely surprised me and intrigued me but, again, I wish the author had done more to flesh it out to give it a bigger impact. Still, a good, entertaining, quick read; a book version of an episode of Black Mirror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Trafficking, Torture, Confinement, Child death, Blood, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Murder, Gore, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Cannibalism, Death, and Body horror

autumngrace08's review

challenging dark reflective 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? No

3.75

The ending is completely unexpected and I can't say I liked it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, Violence, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Child death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

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

charlottedejoya's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Torture, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Excrement, Grief, and Violence

elonn's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Classism, Dementia, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Confinement, Excrement, Miscarriage, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

itsdanibee's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Cannibalism, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Trafficking, Rape, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, Excrement, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Dementia, Drug use, Misogyny, Death of parent, Racism, and Slavery

shmayjoy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Torture, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Blood, Rape, Cannibalism, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Confinement, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Child death, and Excrement

Minor: Suicide, Genocide, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Misogyny, Car accident, and Dementia