Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

168 reviews

sofiasco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Cannibalism, Classism, Rape, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Trafficking, Infertility, Death of parent, Dementia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Alcohol, Excrement, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Vomit, Addiction, and Car accident

_lemonlime_'s review

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

4.25

Brilliant, yet exceptionally revolting 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Child death, Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Death, Sexual assault, and Rape

svincent2210's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

graphic, not for the faint of heart but a great critique

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Trafficking, Incest, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Alcohol, Infidelity, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Torture, Terminal illness, Stalking, Slavery, Sexual violence, Child death, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Medical content, Infertility, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Vomit, Violence, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Misogyny, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

ericaburns1's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

The majority of this book is explaining the new situation the world is in regarding the new “special meat.” Nothing really happens. Because the concept is so revolting, it does keep you reading as it gets morally worse and worse with regards to how people are managing life after “The Transition.” However, some parts of the story feel like they serve no purpose and didn’t ever wrap up.

What was the deal with him and Spanel? I did like how it leads you to believe he will be a morally superior character and perhaps derail the special meat system but ultimately remains using it for his gain.  *edit* after doing more reading on the book and realizing it’s not really about cannibalism but about him wanting a child, everything makes more sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Torture, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Infertility, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Child death, Infidelity, Trafficking, and Racism

Minor: Dementia

plancour's review

challenging emotional 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Trafficking, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Violence

shrektien's review

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Torture, Suicide, Gore, Dementia, Blood, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Murder, Cannibalism, Slavery, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Violence, Vomit, Rape, Death, Child death, Excrement, and Trafficking

lilyadams's review against another edition

1.0

I don't really know what to say about this book. Not subtle in the ways it thinks it's being and really is awfully gruesome for the sake of it. I had to stop reading it for a bit because it was just making me feel ill. Not an enjoyable experience at all. The writing was fine and I feel a lot of people are rating high because of the shock and gore value...very in your face anti-meat propaganda rather than the interesting dystopia I was expecting. I saw someone on here say "undeveloped and cold" and I completely agree. I didn't relate or care about any of the named characters (only the Jasmine) and the plot points felt predictable and slightly stale.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Slavery, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Cannibalism, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Torture, and Trafficking

stephy13's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Pedophilia, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Animal death, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Infertility, Drug use, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Genocide, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

tonysipsandreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Words cannot express how disturbingly good this book truly is! This story follows Marcos who works in a "meat" processing plant, and trust me, the meat is as special as they claim! Every time I thought this book couldn't surprise me anymore, it threw me once again! The twists and turns are so unpredictable, and I loved every moment of it!
Every character in this book is going to hell! There are no heroes in this book. At one point, I truly thought Marcos was going to make a change and do better, but in the end he showed his true colors as well! There were no good people in this book, so be prepared!
This book was deliciously disturbing and weird. Please check the trigger warnings before you read this book, because there are several! I highly recommend Tender is the Flesh, you will not be disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Body horror, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Classism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Gore, and Murder

siddd's review

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Rape, Gore, and Animal death

Moderate: Child death and Pedophilia

Minor: Death of parent