Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

185 reviews

virtamtuck's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Slavery, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Sexism, Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Body horror, Child death, Dementia, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Murder, Genocide, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Torture, and Trafficking

ravenousrose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Confinement, Dementia, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, and Violence

sarahshock's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Amazing book! Highly recommend. The ending is insane!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Child abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Genocide, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Dysphoria, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Torture, and Violence

kelisabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Grief, Abortion, Animal death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gore, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Dementia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Child abuse, Confinement, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Physical abuse, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, and Rape

wcont's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-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

5.0

Tender is the Flesh gripped me from the first page to the last word. I honestly don't know if the last line of a book has ever stayed with me in such a way and the book as whole has changed my brain chemistry.

My stomach was turned, my sense of humanity questioned, I couldn't put it down and read it in a day. A powerful, terrifying 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Genocide

keiraonyxraven's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Body horror, Torture, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Child death, Trafficking, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Animal death, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Rape

onyxx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

To chyba jedna z najlepszych książek, którą czytałam.

Główny bohater, stawia się jako ten lepszy od konformistów jedzących ludzkie mięso i bojących się (wymyślonego lub i nie) wirusa. Śledząc jego historie i psychologię czytelnik się z nim jak najbardziej zgadza. Widzi się to morlane zepsucie społeczeństwa. 
A jednak nawet główny bohater w pewien pokręcony sposób brał udział w moralnym upadku. Czy to co mu się przytrafiło jest w stanie wytłumaczyć to, co zrobił?

Jedynym mankamentem według mnie jest długość (a raczej krótkość) książki. Chętnie zobaczyłabym rozwinięcie tematu wirusa.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Gore, Grief, Slavery, Sexual assault, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

mxpringle's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

I literally don't know what to say about this I'm so awestruck and disgusted

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Infertility, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Death, Violence, Torture, Miscarriage, Genocide, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Slavery, Murder, Animal death, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Child death

mel_jade's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Well I can honestly say I have never read anything like what I just did. I'd heard about this book many a times and finally dove into it. What a crazy, disturbing, sometimes horrifying and brutal take on a future when the only meat source is humans.
There were moments when my heart broke for the 'head' as they were called and the way he has written this story sends a shiver down your spine for the fact alone at how realistic it is. He wrote it in such a way that this could really be what would happen in a situation and future like that. It shows how cruel, evil and sadistic human beings really are and what monsters they are capable of adapting and turning into.
This is a novel I will never forget and it will definitely stay with me for a long time.
If you love a good horror, with a Dystopian theme and have a good stomach for disturbing things then look no further, this book is for you!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Sexual assault, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Trafficking, Blood, Child death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Infidelity, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Violence, and Slavery

jemmers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

This book was cruel and lean. Starts off at a moderate pace and builds to a fast, brutal conclusion. It’ll sit with you. The world and characters are horrible and I couldn’t look away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Rape, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Animal death, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Medical content, Blood, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Body horror, Trafficking, Torture, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, Genocide, Child death, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexual content