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Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

97 reviews

captaincrabs52's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? No

4.0

I would have loved more info about the government and “the transition” but I’ll take what I can get and it was a quick read that got me out of my slump!

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Content Warnings

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

jinx_mars's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Murder, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Animal death, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Death, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Rape, Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, and Classism

olivertrumann's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? No

2.0

spoilers

It took my 25 days to finish Tender is the Flesh, reason being I was absolutely repulsed by it. Not by the violence and the sexual assault, which was not at all as bad as I expected given this book's reputation, but by how uninteresting and unbelieveable the whole thing is. I just don't buy into this world. I don't believe that humans could be so lacking in empathy and so susceptible to propaganda that they'd begin eating their own kind. You'd think that someone, anyone, at some point would question the legitimacy of the virus but they never do. Everyone just walks around clutching their umbrellas, afraid of bird shit. I just don't buy any of it, which is a shame because Bazterrica's world building is excellent and it's wasted on a book that, to me at least, just missed the mark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, Blood, Sexual violence, Violence, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

sofiasco's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Cannibalism, Classism, Rape, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Trafficking, Infertility, Death of parent, Dementia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Alcohol, Excrement, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Vomit, Addiction, and Car accident

svincent2210's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

graphic, not for the faint of heart but a great critique

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Trafficking, Incest, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Alcohol, Infidelity, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Torture, Terminal illness, Stalking, Slavery, Sexual violence, Child death, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Medical content, Infertility, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Vomit, Violence, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Misogyny, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

coco78337's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Grief, Murder, Animal cruelty, Child death, Cursing, Death, Blood, Excrement, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Animal death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Vomit, Body horror, Dementia, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail

nugsforbugs's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Car accident, Cannibalism, Body horror, Grief, Torture, Pregnancy, Infertility, Gore, Animal death, Violence, Miscarriage, Genocide, Death, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical content, Blood, Death of parent, Cursing, Classism, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Abortion

doodleoodz's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

4.5

This story was different from anything I have ever read-- in a crazy, interesting kind of way. Surprised me with the ending, but throughout the book it sucks you into a horrid world and how people have come to terms (or not) with the circumstances. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cannibalism, and Gore

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child death, Violence, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, and Animal death

schnanko's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Gore, Murder, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Infertility, Cursing, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, and Child death

haylethal's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.5

In a dystopian future there is a virus that makes all animal meat poisonous to humans. So, literally every animal on earth is slaughtered.
But people need to eat meat so the government starts a program that breeds and slaughters humans (but we don’t call them that) for consumption. 

The beginning of this book is gory, there’s detailed descriptions of how slaughterhouses operate. Definitely check the TW because this book has all of them. 

The story is told from Marcos’ pov and he is the manager of the slaughterhouse. The middle of the book gets a little boring as Marcos grapples with a lot of issues. But it picks up in the end and is pretty f*cked up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Child death, Excrement, Death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Dementia, Sexual assault, Confinement, Infertility, and Rape

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, and Animal death