Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

56 reviews

cherrykult's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Dementia, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Blood

reggiethebird's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.0

It's fucked up, y'all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Blood, Classism, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Torture, Animal cruelty, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Dementia, Violence, Slavery, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gore, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use, Miscarriage, Rape, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Suicide, and Self harm

Minor: Body shaming

swetha062's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

It will shock you for what may seem more human than the characters dealt with in this book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape

elonn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Classism, Dementia, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Confinement, Excrement, Miscarriage, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

somer_19's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Eating disorder, Infertility, Medical trauma, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Rape, Slavery, and Violence

ohsunnyaa's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Gore, Animal cruelty, Murder, Torture, Violence, Death, Blood, Animal death, Slavery, Rape, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Confinement, and Body horror

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Self harm

Minor: Excrement, Dementia, and Alcohol

alicelalicon's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, Sexual content, Confinement, Medical content, Body horror, Blood, Rape, Cannibalism, Gore, Death, Child death, Self harm, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, and Death of parent

pigeonpersona's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This novel knew exactly what it was doing, and it did it terribly, awfully well. I was nauseous for about the first three quarters of reading this, and well that might not be "enjoyable" I was so impressed by the author's ability to create that emotion and physical reaction. It's a novel that really speaks to what or society will tolerate and why, and the great lengths to which propaganda can change people. I think this belongs in the great literary canon that contains Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, and 1984.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cannibalism, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Body horror, Animal death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Child death, Blood, and Self harm

Moderate: Dementia and Grief

josephboardman_'s review against another edition

tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Vomit, Blood, Child death, Trafficking, Dementia, Gore, Genocide, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Cannibalism, Death, Grief, Self harm, Infertility, and Murder

jessicastott's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Animal cruelty, Blood, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Dementia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Child death, Excrement, Genocide, Grief, and Vomit