Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

1277 reviews

ellevlt's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

wow this guy really hates women! 

Idk I think it just wasn’t for me. I thought the premise was so promising and really interesting at some parts but I just couldn’t get past the main character. Wanted to get through it in case twist paid off but ending fell flat for me too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Confinement, Homophobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Child death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Murder, and Death of parent

bethann_coleates's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Sexual assault, Vomit, Blood, Rape, Cannibalism, Slavery, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Pregnancy, Torture, and Trafficking

eatthewyrm's review

challenging dark 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

5.0

My new Roman Empire. I don’t think I’ll ever look at the world the same way again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Infertility and Injury/Injury detail

sparanj2's review

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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

karlaalereyna's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Torture, and Slavery

virtamtuck's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Slavery, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Sexism, Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Body horror, Child death, Dementia, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Murder, Genocide, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Torture, and Trafficking

bookreadz's review

dark reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Slavery, Murder, Violence, and Sexual violence

measbu's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Murder, Child death, Blood, Infertility, Grief, Excrement, Dementia, Death of parent, Body horror, Slavery, Gore, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Animal death, Violence, Death, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

erin2802's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

I love dystopias and this one was chilling. Imagining a world where cannibalism is the norm is scary to think of. Though gruesome, the book was much deeper than just body horror and degeneracy, it was a depiction of grief and loneliness, morality in a state where it seemingly no longer exists. The main character is troubled but likeable, but then the ending really showed just how much society and grief can dig into you. It was horrifying but almost cathartic for the main character and his wife. It was not as disgusting as I was expecting and definitely a really good read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Death, Dementia, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Confinement, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

allegrayr00's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Grief, Car accident, Child death, and Dementia

Minor: Rape, Cursing, Alcohol, Sexism, Excrement, Misogyny, Homophobia, and Vomit