Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

54 reviews

whatthegayle's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

“The human being is the cause of all evil in this world. We are our own virus.”

Welp, this was one way to start off the new year. I read this pretty quickly and while I did enjoy some parts of this book and the overall story, I was disappointed in some ways.

I guess I was expecting more from the story.

Also the whole puppy scene was unnecessary in my opinion but I never really like ready about animals deaths so that’s just my personal opinion.

I did, however enjoy the ending of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Slavery, Rape, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Murder, Dementia, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Grief, Gore, Cannibalism, and Sexual assault

simon_woods's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Blood, Death, Rape, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

orlagal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Abandonment, Ableism, Animal death, Grief, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Vomit, Blood, Cannibalism, Dementia, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Slavery

sherenreads's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, and Dementia

mkdeco's review

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

🤮🤢😰😨😓😳🤢🤢😵🤧😖😳😶😯

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Rape, Death of parent, Classism, Body horror, Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Child death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Trafficking, Torture, and Sexual violence

nialiversuch's review

challenging 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Torture, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Trafficking, and Violence

simp4sneks's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I highly recommend looking at trigger warnings before reading thism it goes in depth on the butchering, tanning, breeding process of HUMANS in a cannabalistic world. I dove into this without looking at proper TW, and even though I enjoyed the writing and the author very much, I wish I took a proper look into what I will be reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Sexism

jonsnowsmanbun's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death of parent, Dementia, Slavery, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Torture, Gore, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Rape

taryn_'s review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Torture, Trafficking, Child death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Animal death, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Murder, Violence, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Body horror, Death, and Slavery

Moderate: Death of parent, Dementia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

charlizardbookboi17's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Woof. Very heavy book but a great read. It's not something I'd "recommend" but if you're a fan of very dark, dystopian tales, this is right for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Classism, Sexual assault, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Terminal illness, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Murder