Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

2425 reviews

peanutgallerist's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, Cannibalism

Moderate: Rape, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

delores98's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Only reason I’m not giving 5 stars is because I am very triggered by blood and gore. I figured I’d read a few pages and see if I could handle it and the writing just pulled me in. I was horrified and a part of it really got me and I had to take a break for a day. I finished it in 2 days (nonconsecutive). Very graphic, sad, and miserable. The ending pissed me off so much I threw the book but the book is good. It’s a horrible story written in a very captivating way. Kinda like a car crash or tragedy you just can’t pull your eyes away from. It has changed me. I don’t know how, I’m still processing it. I just feel this profound sense of dread that I could see this happening in our world. Definitely brain chemistry altering, for me at least. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Infertility, Grief

slove93's review against another edition

4.25

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death

jhazmynn's review against another edition

2.75

dark 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: Complicated

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death

grandmastersass's review against another edition

3.0

---

I get what it was trying to do, but I think it was so vile throughout that it ultimately destroyed any shock factor of the ending. I also personally did not see the point of

the needlessly graphic and upsetting animal cruelty

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Cannibalism

Moderate: Child death

meganburkett97's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape

garrus21's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Grief, Cannibalism

justjoel's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent

kyentology's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark sad tense 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: Yes

---

Tragic but honestly one of the best books I’ve ever read. I was nervous due to how others have described it, but I never found myself needing to take a break. The ending was nothing I would’ve ever expected.

Everyone should read because there are so many parallels to our society that should be thought about. Just because we don’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not happening.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry

_brenna_d's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

---

Overall, an alright book with some dark and emotional twists and turns. Part 1 was really slow in my opinion and was there to give a lot of backstory it seems but nothing else. Part 2 was a lot better and when things got very interesting very quickly. 

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy