Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

92 reviews

bookbabe0614's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

holy shit. don’t read this fucking book. it’s amazing and thought provoking, and it does what Agustina intended it to do. It’s horrifying, sickening, disturbing, disgusting, visceral grotesque. so we’ll written that i never want to read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism, Sexism, Cannibalism, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Excrement, and Physical abuse

headachesince03's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Medical content, Misogyny, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Infidelity, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Homophobia

cgoiris's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

I don't get how everyone is so lyrical about this, I absolutely hated it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Death, Pedophilia, Murder, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Child death, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Rape

yontararak's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Rape, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, and Murder

monicablouin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Suicide, Pregnancy, Gore, Dementia, Child death, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Death of parent, Torture, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

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

cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Abortion, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Excrement, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Dementia, Gore, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Suicide, Animal death, Classism, Death, Self harm, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Child death, Blood, Murder, and Vomit

joscelynhe's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I don’t remember the last time a book made me physically nauseous/sick, if ever, but this story was so captivating that I had to see it though. Very intense, but worth the stomach-drop of an ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, and Physical abuse

simon_toast's review against another edition

dark sad 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

4.0

Chilling. Definitely not something to read for fun. If you are intrigued and not usually bothered by gruesome material in books you can probably get through it. I liked the writing style. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Infidelity, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Murder, Grief, Gore, Death of parent, Death, Abandonment, Torture, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Drug use, Dementia, Classism, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship