Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

2427 reviews

chaybell212's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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: No

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My jaw is still on the floor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic

rileyabbott's review against another edition

3.0

dark sad

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism

artsyfartsymama's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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 was both fascinating and repulsive. The premise that in this dystopian future that animals are out, and humans are in really makes you think, but can be hard to read if you're not in the right mindset (definitely don't eat near reading time if you're squeamish). It was interesting to read this from Marcos' POV, and how he is right in the middle of it all. As far as plot and actual storyline goes, I don't really think there was one. The ending was a shock, which fit in well with the rest of the book. This is one that will definitely keep you thinking about it for a long, long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual content

grimdarkgiz's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Yesssssssssss I loved this one and while it was only one pov it was cool seeing some of the different things that would come out of this situation taking place

SPOILER
I absolutely love that they didn't go the route of having him suddenly become a better man and ended the book with him planning to kill her because it felt a lot more in character than a sudden 180

(Picked up 4 times, Read 50 minutes)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death

oliviagaetano's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-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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Such a sick and thought provoking read that will have your head spun by the final line. It’s dirty and sad and you want everything to work out but life doesn’t really ever work out like that. Humans are capable of terrible things and this book gives a peek into what that world could look like. Recommend to those who can stomach the descriptions that come with commercial cannibalism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death

Minor: Rape, Pregnancy

belaslibrary's review against another edition

5.0

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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Eu não consigo explicar a experiência de ler esse livro. Eu o li duas vezes, em inglês e em português (e se tiver a oportunidade, o lerei no idioma original) e mesmo assim, ainda não sei descrever. 
O livro te prende do começo ao fim, por mais que a história seja pesada e, por vezes, eu tenha tido de parar de ler por alguns minutos para conseguir absorver o que estava acontecendo. O livro, ainda que curto, tem uma das melhores "construções de mundo", por assim se dizer, que eu já li, a autora pensou em detalhes que eu nem terei pensado sobre se ela não tivesse abordado, apresentando tudo de forma natural, sem que despejar muita informação de uma vez aos leitores. 
O livro é cruel, porque Bazterrica consegue elaborar de forma muita realista como os seres humanos reagiriam em tal situação, nos fazendo crer, com muita facilidade, que a realidade pensada por ela é extremamente plausível, principalmente com as questões que ela deixa intencionalmente em aberto.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death, Child death

reading_one_more_book's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Dementia, Pandemic/Epidemic

katie_lerdo's review against another edition

2.5

dark 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

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Disturbing & morbid

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Content Warnings

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

mthay's review against another edition

3.75

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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, Infertility, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Racism

rg_bookworm99's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Incredibly disturbing yet reflective of the nature of humans and animals and it’s surprisingly blurred line.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Rape, Abortion, Pregnancy