Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

2410 reviews

mimisbooknook's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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My father worked in a meeting packing plant and held a position not far off from Marco’s, he had this job for over 20 years so the visuals were easy for me. 

This book was so phenomenally written I would OFTEN forget that the “head” was HUMAN, until Marcos so often reminded me, these are human beings. “Meat without a first and last name” I enjoyed walking through the plant, the world building was wonderful. I felt for Marcos, I related to his story, how hard loss is. 

What I should have had a better sense of was his love of family and his wife. I didn’t so much “skip” as I didn’t put stick into the relationship he had with his wife.

When I finished I was alone and audibly said “THATS THE END OF THE BOOK” as my kindle prompted me to rate the book. Wow. What a book. Believe the hype 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

laura_jp's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Cannibalism

staceyxsouth's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic

n4yma's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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superb writing. you get dropped into a world that has normalized something so awful and somehow you wish you could experience more. its deeply captivating and incredibly thoughtful, making me feel like i had to sit with it in in silence for a few minutes after reading. this book leaves you hungry (😉) for more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic

arp_'s review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book is a challenging read simply because of the emotional journey it takes you on and the gritty reflection upon society. It was so beautifully written and every word carefully selected matters. Bazterrica created a spell binding story that I hope more people read and absorb its impacts. A bold examination upon society, our self destructive nature and the violence we can enact or allow. Yes it is disturbing and yes you will feel uncomfortable but that’s part of the whole story and point . Anyone who is “grossed out” but didn’t value the story is missing to point or in denial of some self reflection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Cannibalism

All the violence is more or less necessary for the story but it make need some readers ( especially empathic ones) to take a pause . Still absolute worth the read.

cactus_juice's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark tense medium-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: No

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This was…something. I was curious about the concept of cannibalism and this book destroyed it. I got a little bored towards the end, however, I do think the world building was alright. Won’t be reading again though 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder

bribri84's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

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

part 2 chapter 6 contains major dog abuse/death all throughout, so it’s very hard to skip and still read the chapter

holaitstati's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

soozielyingcat's review against another edition

3.75

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

ashwoodbooks's review against another edition

2.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I think this was a typical case of a good concept that died on execution. It is disturbing, but only because the subject matter deals with cannibalism, not because of anything else regarding the story or the way it unfolds.

There is some character development, but it all happens during the 8 months between part 1 and part 2 that we don't get to see. Most of part 2 is just dealing with the fallout of the character change of Marcos, and I felt like we were about to reach a climax with his social interactions when the book just ended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Confinement, Infertility, Rape, Sexual content, Excrement, Death of parent, Alcohol

CW rape explained:

the FGP female that Marcos is given is not able to consent to any sexual acts nor understand what is happening to her. So, I am using the tag rape. Another character also uses this word choice to describe the act.