Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

92 reviews

nialiversuch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Torture, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Trafficking, and Violence

jhaneveauguste's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Pregnancy

nenaveenstra's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

2.5

I don't quite know what to make of this book. It was gruesome, incredibly graphic and recoiling. I also think it was trying to make a point - but I don't really know what that point was. 'Fuck the meat industry', I guess? But also: you can't trust the government? Maybe it makes more sense in the context of Argentina, but I wouldn't know.

Apart from all that, I found the writing style a bit odd. The main character is only referred to as 'he', except by other characters, which made it very hard to follow. On top of that, there's this very flowery language from time to time that didn't really fit with what was being said. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Gore, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Animal death, Rape, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, Infertility, Child death, and Infidelity

Minor: Suicide, Pregnancy, Torture, Dementia, and Adult/minor relationship

simp4sneks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I highly recommend looking at trigger warnings before reading thism it goes in depth on the butchering, tanning, breeding process of HUMANS in a cannabalistic world. I dove into this without looking at proper TW, and even though I enjoyed the writing and the author very much, I wish I took a proper look into what I will be reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Sexism

izzyizreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

tgibbs44's review against another edition

dark

• Loveable characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Grief, Violence, Gore, Infertility, Blood, Death, Murder, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Rape, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

buttercup06's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Excrement, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Animal cruelty, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Excrement, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Rape, Infidelity, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent and Adult/minor relationship

darrineruiz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Addiction, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Gore, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Classism, Death, Grief, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Trafficking, Confinement, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Rape

kelly_louise74's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Blood, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Excrement, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, and Trafficking

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