Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

38 reviews

smashingreads's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Initial: ooof that ending. I love that the author wasn’t afraid to end it this way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal cruelty, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Infertility, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

dixiecarroll's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

This wasn't THAT bad, and I didn't feel as strongly as others do, but I do agree that it didn't exactly fulfill any purpose. It felt like it was all for shock value than for making a point, which is painfully clear from page one. (Meat industry is corrupt if you didn't know) Ultimately it was readable and I was engrossed, but there was one scene towards the middle that made me have spontaneous empathy tears - let's just say *celebrity* - and I wasn't really prepared for that. Overall... idk it felt pointless and I wasn't convinced of anything new. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Torture, Gore, Pregnancy, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Child abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Child death, Confinement, Excrement, Death, Slavery, and Trafficking

natalie75's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Body horror, Car accident, Grief, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Dementia, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Suicide, Vomit, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical content, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, and Blood

systemofanoun's review

challenging dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Death, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Gore, Sexism, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Child death

grace_tg's review

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Murder, Animal death, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Genocide, Death, Cannibalism, Violence, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Torture, and Incest

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

mnjones66's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cannibalism, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Pedophilia, Child death, Gore, Infertility, Trafficking, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Suicide attempt

ecn's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.75

Well written and disgusting but just not for me I think. Just wasn’t hitting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Confinement, Classism, Body horror, Murder, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Grief, Trafficking, Racism, Gore, Death, Child death, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Blood, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Abortion, Alcohol, Torture, Medical trauma, Excrement, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Sexism, Rape, and Pandemic/Epidemic

simp4sneks's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I highly recommend looking at trigger warnings before reading thism it goes in depth on the butchering, tanning, breeding process of HUMANS in a cannabalistic world. I dove into this without looking at proper TW, and even though I enjoyed the writing and the author very much, I wish I took a proper look into what I will be reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Sexism

emilyloren's review

challenging dark tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Kidnapping, Body horror, Rape, Murder, Blood, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Excrement, and Suicide

ccee's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

Beautiful prose, but don’t read if you have a tendency to get wrapped up in apocalyptic fiction and become paranoid about the world to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Confinement, Blood, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Dementia, Child death, Sexual assault, Torture, Cannibalism, Animal death, Rape, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Pregnancy and Suicide attempt