Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

171 reviews

heartbug's review

It offered a very weak/not  plausible explanation to justify why the world became okay with farming humans for human consumption… so it was like “let’s patch that massive hole with some masking tape so that we can get to squirm with horror just for the sake of doing so”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, and Blood

praevalesco's review

2.75

This book feels like it wants to make a statement, but ultimately it's just filled with shock-factory bits so predictable that you could accurately guess what was happening next for the entirety of the book. None of the points of the book were really anything you haven't heard a million times over, and at no point was I left wondering what would happen next, so it didn't even have that going for it. Overall, the book was just predictable and cruel for the sake of cruelty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Animal death, Sexual violence, Death, and Slavery

ex_hardesty's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Trafficking, Violence, Rape, Death, Confinement, Vomit, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Death of parent, Dementia, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Suicide

ashley_bee_'s review

challenging dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Animal cruelty, Rape, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual violence

adelus21's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a difficult read but it kept my interest. The premise and world building are good. Ending felt kind of abrupt but I suppose that's intentional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Confinement

samanthaxjean's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This book is fucked up and I couldn’t put it down.

It’s kinda slow and kinda gross in the beginning but picks up. Don’t eat while reading or listening to it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, Rape, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Violence

mxpringle's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

I literally don't know what to say about this I'm so awestruck and disgusted

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Infertility, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Death, Violence, Torture, Miscarriage, Genocide, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Slavery, Murder, Animal death, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Child death

mel_jade's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

Well I can honestly say I have never read anything like what I just did. I'd heard about this book many a times and finally dove into it. What a crazy, disturbing, sometimes horrifying and brutal take on a future when the only meat source is humans.
There were moments when my heart broke for the 'head' as they were called and the way he has written this story sends a shiver down your spine for the fact alone at how realistic it is. He wrote it in such a way that this could really be what would happen in a situation and future like that. It shows how cruel, evil and sadistic human beings really are and what monsters they are capable of adapting and turning into.
This is a novel I will never forget and it will definitely stay with me for a long time.
If you love a good horror, with a Dystopian theme and have a good stomach for disturbing things then look no further, this book is for you!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Sexual assault, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Trafficking, Blood, Child death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Infidelity, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Violence, and Slavery

skeletontears's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Sexual content, Torture, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

jemmers's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

This book was cruel and lean. Starts off at a moderate pace and builds to a fast, brutal conclusion. It’ll sit with you. The world and characters are horrible and I couldn’t look away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Rape, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Animal death, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Medical content, Blood, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Body horror, Trafficking, Torture, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, Genocide, Child death, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexual content