Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

105 reviews

raebennison's review

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

I hated it. I was drawn in by the macabre but even for me that was dark. I hated the characters, all of them. Not one had any redeeming qualities. It was a struggle to finish, I just wanted it over and done with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Animal cruelty, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, Rape, Animal death, and Torture

howilliams's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

The book managed to catch me off guard at every turn. Poignant, grotesque, eloquent… wish I had read it in the original language because even translated it read sometimes like poetry. As a new horror / thriller reader, maybe not entirely for me- gripped by the story, yes, but found myself glad it was done…

It’s tough to know how much distance we want between ourselves and people who would terrify us… reading is an invitation into minds we may be afraid of. I was horrified by the main character yet also felt deep empathy for his grief. That’s what reading can do- create empathetic links even in the imaginary….
The end was… astounding and I did not see it coming. Well done

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Body horror, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Murder

elinhaldira's review

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Classism, Toxic relationship, Torture, Slavery, Animal death, Miscarriage, Sexism, Rape, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Murder, Infertility, Animal cruelty, Gore, Racism, Confinement, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, and Death

iridaceae's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Sexism, Torture, Rape, Slavery, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Body horror

cooldudenick's review

dark slow-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism and Sexism

Moderate: Pregnancy and Rape

kkulhannie's review

dark slow-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

3.75

imagine reading a book like this and thinking the overt misogyny wasn’t going to be a plot point…

yikes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Confinement, Cannibalism, Medical content, Drug abuse, Slavery, Pregnancy, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Classism, Child abuse, Torture, Blood, Sexism, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Trafficking, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Drug use, Body horror, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

elwirax's review

dark 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

2.5

I can't say that this will have a lasting impact on me but it was fine.

I was left with many questions like what makes a human "food grade" as opposed to the consumer, I don't think someone without a first and last name is satisfying enough. How were people convinced into cannibalism, people are not that susceptible to propaganda and they are not passive agents. Why were there limited protests to this? Why weren't alternative meat products made? Perhaps this would deflect from the message, however, I did not find it fully compelling. This could've had such a powerful message concerning race and gender issues, but I'm not sure the animal cruelty theme shone through as much as it should've. There was a spark of a conversation on government power and conspiracies which could've been impactful commentary had it been explored past a conversation between teenagers. 

I personally don't believe Marcos' reasoning for doing the work he did was justified and the ending was extremely rushed and made no sense. Unfortunately, a disappointing read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Sexism, Violence, Body horror, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Minor: Homophobia

biobeetle's review

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: Sexism

kaleidoscopekai'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? Yes

4.5

truly horrific. It reminds me of the dystopians I would read in class in highschool. i even feel like i could’ve written an essay for this if i was in school still haha.
i love that every character was deeply unlikable and hypocritical, except of course the ones that were slaves/food/etc.
everything tied together for me in a way that i thought was deeply satisfying, if not also very heartbreaking. I’m personally fine with a book that takes a bit more depressing take towards human nature every now again, although i’m going to need to read something very sweet next to get my chest to stop feeling so heavy. i wished they addressed the scientific issues with cannibalism as well like Kuru, there’s a paragraph that somewhat mentions it but i would have loved to see more problems coming from the cannibalism himself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Dementia, Pregnancy, Body horror, Child death, Excrement, Racism, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Sexism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

official24c's review

challenging dark slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Cursing, Child death, Gore, Death of parent, Animal death, Rape, Sexism, Cannibalism, and Animal cruelty