Reviews

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

pantslint's review against another edition

4.0

I'll write a clearer review after a re-read. This book is horrific tho, no doubt. A quick read, too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Murder, Rape, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Dementia, Animal death, Slavery, Torture, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Miscarriage

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Vomit, and Alcohol

pastagoblin666's review against another edition

1.0

Why do people like this book? I'm genuinely confused, I dnf'd it after 3 chapters.

I wasn't turned off by the premise, and I usually really enjoy freaky dystopias, but this is just bad. The set up is ridiculous, the characters are just bad caricatures, and it's just badly written (though this could be a translation issue?)

Idk somebody explain this hype to me pls

awaywiththefae's review against another edition

dark medium-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

4.0

thejazziestbean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

what the fuck was that book?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Body horror, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Blood, Abandonment, Animal death, and Classism

rgonzal7's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

msalexisshea's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

pituwuwuwu's review against another edition

4.0

No sé cómo sentirme

sydney_jane's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

1.0

pdreed's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.0

rhmunch512's review against another edition

3.0

2.5/5⭐️
At first didn’t even know how to rate. This book was gruesome and uncomfortable in the most chilling way. The ending was something else. There’s so much to unpack here, especially the last few chapters but I genuinely just don’t want to. Definitely makes me consider going vegan. Emotion has been taken out of life and it’s wild to see how that truly impacts everything and everyone. There’s so much more to say but I don’t even know the words. The writing itself was decent but I didn’t love the long paragraphs or that it was often difficult to tell when Marcos was being spoken about or someone else. Again, lots to think about. A staple in the horror genre. So much to dissect but I’ll leave that for the readers who want to unpack all that cause I won’t be rereading.