Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

6 reviews

themoonshoes's review

challenging dark 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

4.0

an incredibly impactful book—i never want to read it again. 

feels extremely cautionary and timely with the way social media has made us easily consumable to one another, but obviously exaggerated to a high degree. i read this book over a 4 hour chunk of time iirc, and i don’t think i’d recommend doing that lol. 

this book will make you feel gross, but sometimes, i think we need that shock to the system to remind us of our humanity tbh! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Animal death, Physical abuse, Death, Misogyny, Police brutality, Self harm, Torture, Cannibalism, Blood, Body horror, and Violence

Minor: Rape

emilydrojas's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Excrement, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Body horror, Genocide, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Racism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Police brutality, Slavery, Murder, Torture, Sexism, and Suicide

leazzz's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I would like to never think about this book again. 
I think every other review I've seen of this SERIOUSLY downplays the TWs. 
Regardless of the writing/characters/plot, this is seriously disturbing and for a lot of people it will NOT be worth reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Murder, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Torture, Chronic illness, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Police brutality, Self harm, Slavery, Trafficking, Rape, Body horror, Excrement, and Genocide

onthelam's review

dark sad tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Normally I enjoy grotesque disgusting descriptive books but this was just pointless and insensible? Most of the scenes didn't add to the story and were just dragging. It felt like a short story stretched to fit a whole book. Also, there was some stuff included to make the twist believable but there was so much more against it.

If he didn't care for jasmine at all then why did he name her, treat her as a human and all that? He could have just raped her and kept her in the barn dirty till she gave birth if that was all he wanted. And the things that point to him not being the somewhat moral person as portrayed in most of the book can also be explained by the sense of helplessness prevalent through it like the puppy scene and the fact that he killed his dogs. So really there was no good foreshadowing and it was just there to add shock value.

. I liked the idea a lot and some of the things early on especially the commentary on humanity in general but the execution could have been much better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Genocide, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Bullying, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Self harm, Police brutality, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Confinement

headachesince03's review

challenging dark 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: Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Medical content, Misogyny, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Infidelity, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Homophobia

pilarr's review against another edition

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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit