Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

213 reviews

witchgirlreads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Trafficking, Rape, Torture, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Violence, Child death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Infertility, Medical trauma, and Classism

Minor: Kidnapping and Miscarriage

jupitermaybe's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Racism, Classism, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Pregnancy, Slavery, Torture, Gore, Body horror, Child death, and Dementia

Minor: Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Vomit, and Grief

readwithsian's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Child death, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Death of parent, Rape, Violence, Miscarriage, Animal death, War, Torture, Colonisation, Body horror, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Gore, Death, Classism, Alcohol, Trafficking, Medical content, Grief, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Mental illness, Suicide, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Adult/minor relationship

olenvasynyt's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

9/10. This book is gory, monstrous and horrific as was expected, but the thing that truly pulled me in and refused to let go was the incredible writing style. Some may find this style of writing too cold, or too choppy, but it is written like this on purpose.
Blunt, cynical, dismissive, the author writes short and abrupt sentences that really describe the protagonist’s view on this sort of society. Jaw-dropping, stomach-curling sentences are followed by mundane details like white shoes and malfunctioning phones. Nearly every page is littered with symbols and hidden meaning, one of the most important being the fact that the protagonist is almost exclusively referred to as “he”. Never his name. We know his name, but he is very rarely referred by it. This technique shows how the protagonist wants to detach himself from the world he lives in, but it also tricks the reader into reading this book from a first person perspective. That “he” is humanity, and we are him.
Overall, this book voices themes of humanity and our hidden nature, and the excuses we make to live with ourselves. In the end, we are just “domesticated animals”: sad, beautiful, bloodthirsty creatures barely any different from wild animals, with only a few key differences that make us different. Is it sadism? Is it selfishness and control? Or is it the society that we created for ourselves?
I will end this with one of my favorite quotes from this book:
“He looks at the fangs, the hunger, the fury. They’re beautiful, he thinks. He doesn’t want to hurt them.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Sexual violence, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Confinement, Rape, Animal cruelty, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

meat_muffin's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

Christ, this was well-written by my GOD, is it dark. Humanity is so fucked - this will 100% be my choice for “most fucked up book read in 2023.”

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Murder, Miscarriage, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

headfirstslides's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

really weird read in a post covid world. first half is a quite a bit gross. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Trafficking, Gore, Death, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, Murder, and Slavery

Moderate: Child death and Terminal illness

sugarbucky's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Cannibalism, Violence, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, and Rape

Moderate: Vomit, Slavery, and Abortion

elonn's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Classism, Dementia, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Confinement, Excrement, Miscarriage, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

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