Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

209 reviews

jamo_etc's review

dark sad fast-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? Yes

4.0

Not at all pleasant. Interesting read. Very uncomfortable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Animal death, Child death, Rape, Drug use, Excrement, Medical trauma, Gore, Medical content, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Grief, Infertility, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Trafficking

generalfoolish's review

challenging dark reflective medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Loved this novel. I found it impossible to put down, and twice as hard to forget. Read several years ago, and still reflect on this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Grief, Death, Medical trauma, Cannibalism, Torture, Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Physical abuse

dani_boi98's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Rape, Torture, Animal cruelty, Gore, Violence, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Animal death, Cannibalism, Confinement, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Death

Moderate: Dementia

kkulhannie's review

dark slow-paced

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

3.75

imagine reading a book like this and thinking the overt misogyny wasn’t going to be a plot point…

yikes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Confinement, Cannibalism, Medical content, Drug abuse, Slavery, Pregnancy, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Classism, Child abuse, Torture, Blood, Sexism, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Trafficking, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Drug use, Body horror, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

thepassivebookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Animal death, Child death, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual content

scottsland_yard's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

An excellent commentary on society, capitalism, marginalization, and consumption

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Medical content, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Slavery, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Trafficking

lizzymorang's review

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Body horror, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Dementia, Genocide, Blood, Murder, Slavery, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit and Excrement

Minor: Alcohol

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

beccabou's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

This book took me months to read! It is so gruesome and horrific that I could only handle small doses. Fantastic speculative fiction of society turning to organized cannibalism. Struggled a bit with the present tense and blurred transitions of the prose.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Gore, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Trafficking, Child death, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Vomit, Body horror, Excrement, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Slavery, Confinement, Dementia, Death, Miscarriage, and Rape

metaphorsandmisc's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Cannibalism, Animal death, Rape, Sexism, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Blood

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Suicide