Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

21 reviews

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

nefariousbee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

an experience that changes a person, but I feel like you can get the same message out of other sources and not get traumatized in the process. do not touch if you have a sensitive stomach.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Blood, Torture, Dementia, Violence, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Physical abuse, Murder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Vomit, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, and Infertility

pinkfawn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.25

From start to finish, this book took me about four hours to read, as much as I wanted to put it down after some parts. This book has very gruesome descriptions of gore and cannibalism and if you cannot handle it, I would skip this one. It was very good, and very sad and bleak. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Misogyny

Very upsetting to read as a vegan, making the comparisons with the meat and dairy industries in our own reality. If you are especially sensitive to factory farming cruelty, I would find something else to read.

saadeeyah's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

2.0

So I was told this book was a true dystopian novel. Honestly it had a lot of potential. The characters had potential, the main idea of the society had potential, but in the end it felt like the author had a bunch of separate ideas for a book and squished them together. Like the human hunting reserve where they hunted a celebrity who was in debt? That just sounded like the main plot of a desperate book. I was also disappointed in the characters, when I started the book I assumed I would get to know Marcos and why he does things and how he does things, but I still have no clue how he thinks and why he acts. All I got was that he’s vegetarian, he likes beer, he misses his wife, he misses his dead baby and he’s a creep. All throughout the book, he would explain how everyone else was sick but then literally does the exact same thing as everyone else. I guess that could be interpreted as the meaning of the book, but it’s a bit of a cop-out. It also felt very gory for little to no reason. It honestly made me think that the author just wanted to write something with every trigger warning possible and the best way to do it was to choose humans. I would not be surprised if the author chose humans because the book wouldn’t have been well received if they had gone into as much detail on livestock farming and slaughtering. It made me think of those kinds of vegans. The ending was basically ten pages and didn’t make sense when it came to the characters’ arcs. Kinda disappointed as I was told the ending was what truly made the book (aka the book is boring but the end is shocking). Overall meh writing and underdeveloped plot and characters.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Gore, Vomit, Car accident, Child death, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Infertility, Addiction, Sexual assault, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Torture, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Trafficking, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Classism, Dementia, Drug abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Infertility, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, and Suicide

Minor: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

akalavander's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.0

An absolutely horrifying book that I read in one sitting. It felt impossible to put down. I agree with another review I saw saying that you had to suspend some disbelief about the world building. Some of the plot elements like the Scavengers and the widespread conformity felt unrealistic, but other parts, like how different generations would react to this new world, felt very real. Many parts of this book, including the ending, absolutely broke my heart. You kind of feel for Marcos but also know he's 100% a villain in this world too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Dementia, Genocide, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, Animal death, Body horror, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug use, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Infertility, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

amberrenfrey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Torture, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Murder, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Vomit

Minor: Slavery

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book is haunting. So gory and graphic. Calls out how disgusting humans can be. The way that people treated humans (mainly women, and lower class members of society) that were discarded or chosen to be "special meat" was insane. They even bred "heads" -- "special meat". Some even "sacrificed" themselves, but the readers were raised to question if it's really sacrifice; "a sacrifice generally requires consent from the person being sacrificed..." But what really got me was how easy it was for people to transition from animal meat to human meat because of the supposed overpopulation, impoverity, etc. I don't know how anyone can justify cannibalism. It seemed like the transition took place through a matter of months! That's so short! Definitely seemed like many were very prepared. The things you do to live... and what that means to people is astronomical. This book raised many hard questions and reflections. I was so uncomfortable most of the time and rightfully so. So glad I read this. Definitely recommend to those that can handle gore and analyze through it. Definitely took time to read. Was slow in some parts too but didn't hate it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, and Child death

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Rape, and Torture

Minor: Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Infertility, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Confinement, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Animal death, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Infidelity, and Dementia

oliviareese's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Confinement, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, Vomit, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Gore, Kidnapping, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Trafficking

Moderate: Drug abuse, Car accident, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Fatphobia

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Pregnancy, Rape, and Slavery