Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

689 reviews

naereads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

Wtf! Disturbing and intriguing. Oofta. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Torture, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Slavery, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Death, Violence, Grief, Body horror, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bodiless's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.75

this was the most insane book ever

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Gore, Murder, Trafficking, Torture, Body horror, Classism, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Slavery

mediamst's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Cannibalism, Slavery, Murder, Violence, Trafficking, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

eusteph's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

I think this is one of the books I'm not smart enough to understand upon reading it for the first time. 

I enjoyed the author's writing style and I would say the pacing of this book is pretty good. I think it would make a great movie. The ending of it left me sort of like ???? but as an introduction to body horror, or whatever it is they call it, I think this was overall pretty good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Cannibalism, Rape, and Pregnancy

amybradley730's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Holy F*** what did I just read. The most intense book I’ve ever read. I appreciate the message but I feel sick to my stomach. Makes me depressed about humans and also makes me never want to eat meat again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Murder, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Sexual assault, Rape, Slavery, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Gore

christinabijou's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

Interesting concept, but unremarkable overall. The author seemed more focused on describing violent and gruesome scenes than with developing a plotline and characters. Not my kinda horror/thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Confinement and Slavery

ori250's review

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Slavery

Moderate: Animal death, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Infertility, Infidelity, Cursing, and Body horror

jessicafee86's review

Honestly it was a beautiful read, but so incredibly dark. I'm already depressed by humanity as a whole, and this book was making it worse. The story is incredible, the writing is top notch, and the story itself is worth telling, but my brain isn't in a good place to process it right now. Maybe someday, but not right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Cannibalism, Rape, Murder, Slavery, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Sexual violence, and Self harm

megandavis768's review

dark reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Murder, Slavery, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Rape

Minor: Infidelity

eyeheartcorina's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Slavery