Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Wyborny trup by Agustina Bazterrica

63 reviews

angiesbookmark's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lisacanteven's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Whoa. I cannot recommend this book to anyone, but I also can't recommend it enough. In good conscious I will not tell anyone to read this book because it is horrific. I don't read a lot of horror, but I can't imagine a book being more graphically disturbing than this one. At the same time I gave it 5/5 stars? I'm not sure why either. The word that Bazterrica created felt so real. She had an answer for everything, and I am amazed by how deep she took this fictional situation. Should we be worried about her? 

The only thing I did not like is that she used "he" every time she referred to the main character. The only time she used his name is when a character was addressing him. This mad it super confusing when there was more than one male character in the scene. I'm not sure if this was purposeful or occurred because of the translation.

It has been awhile since I have read a book that I did not want to put down, and honestly I am keeping the book on my bookshelf as a trophy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

toffishay's review against another edition

dark sad 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? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia and Trafficking

Minor: Addiction, Slavery, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

elizabethlk's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death and Infertility

hbrxnnxmxn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

What to say. This piece of speculative fiction is incredible. 

Highlights of the writing:

• perfect balance of realism in world building given the fantastical nature of the content 
• incredibly hard to read concepts (graphic violence) handled masterfully via the matter of fact nature in which they are delivered to demonstrate the disillusionment of the world
• complex characters that are easy to both hate and sympathize with, further demonstrating the thesis of the novel
• maintained the level of intensity and focus throughout the novel. It felt cohesive, continuously fascinating, crushing, and painful 

Final thoughts - mild spoilers:

• even with the graphic  concepts, this book didn’t push it to the point of sensationalism.
  Following the first 3rd of the book and the factory process, the depictions of violence are slightly less so
• it can be easy to be numb to the violence (which is another point of the novel) based upon how the characters react. It was hard to accept this part of my own humanity
• Jasmine and Marcos’s “relationship” is an interesting depiction on the commodification of sex, relationships, and even surrogacy/adoption and the murky lines of consent within
• capitalism is fucked 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Dementia, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

sassafrasrewts'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

mayonnaisedoughnut's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Abortion, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

rachaelallyn's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Mental illness and Alcohol

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

miricles's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-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

2.0

The extreme gore and violence don't feel justified because while it was trying to send a message, the message didn't feel like anything new to me. There are plenty of societal issues that can be explored with cannibalism, but I don't think this brought anything new to the table or really made me consider the ethics of certain things. It felt solely like a criticism of the meat industry that was really half-baked and didn't go much deeper. Pretty disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy