Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

78 reviews

shmayjoy's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Torture, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Blood, Rape, Cannibalism, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Confinement, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Child death, and Excrement

Minor: Suicide, Genocide, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Misogyny, Car accident, and Dementia

nina_zenik_irl_'s review

dark

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Infertility, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Emotional abuse, Grief, Animal death, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Dementia, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Vomit, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

knottedsword's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

TW: rape

Really wanted to love this book, especially with the blatant metaphors to the dairy and meat industry. As someone who is already vegan for the animals/environment, I wonder if this book would've been more compelling had I not already spent a large amount of time in my life learning the horrors of how humans treat animals. The story itself wasn't super compelling to me after about the midway point

when he rapes her and she becomes pregnant. At that point he was irredeemable to me and I just wanted her to kill him

 The overarching themes of humans being exploitative, selfish and myopic did not shock me or cause me to reflect, as I've already done that, but I hope it causes others to. I think the idea was original.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Torture, Rape, Gore, Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

a1exander's review

challenging dark emotional medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Slavery, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Infertility, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Excrement, Car accident, and Infidelity

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

alicelalicon's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, Sexual content, Confinement, Medical content, Body horror, Blood, Rape, Cannibalism, Gore, Death, Child death, Self harm, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, and Death of parent

pigeonpersona's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This novel knew exactly what it was doing, and it did it terribly, awfully well. I was nauseous for about the first three quarters of reading this, and well that might not be "enjoyable" I was so impressed by the author's ability to create that emotion and physical reaction. It's a novel that really speaks to what or society will tolerate and why, and the great lengths to which propaganda can change people. I think this belongs in the great literary canon that contains Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, and 1984.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cannibalism, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Body horror, Animal death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Child death, Blood, and Self harm

Moderate: Dementia and Grief

allmyfriendsareinbooks's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Violence, Deportation, Slavery, Torture, and Vomit

solo_shelf's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Grief, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual violence

lokes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Excrement, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexism