Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

703 reviews

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

nicoleme1212's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Trafficking, Slavery, Murder, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Confinement, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Terminal illness, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Animal death, Excrement, Alcohol, Confinement, and Animal cruelty

avereads12's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

I thought the cannibalism was going to be the worst part. It was not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, and Trafficking

crashie's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Trafficking, and Slavery

maggie_gaca's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

2.5

I am not a queasy reader, but I found this book disturbing. The concept is intriguing and it is written at an easy-to-consume pace, but there is just not enough balance between the brutality and the message the author is trying to portray-- leaving an unnecessarily graphic piece. 

There are moments where I really saw what the author was getting at. Bazterrica briefly touches on racism, classism, sexism, animal abuse in research/livestock industries, government control, and human trafficking. The biggest theme the reader was meant to grapple with is capitalist overconsumption and the general cruelty of human nature. However, it never reaches that poignancy to really make me sit back and reflect. I personally came out of this book with nothing new (except for some gross images), but it was almost there. 

I feeI Iike I can't either recommend or not recommend this book, but it may hit others differently!

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Content Warnings

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