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Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

99 reviews

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

monicablouin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

layla_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

so gross (read it) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Racism

wearyreader's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Dementia, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, and Drug use

allisonshewfelt's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

And here I thought Marcos was a decent guy but then we find out he's actually a little shit in the end. I hate you.

I wish I could wipe this from my mind. But the way it criticized how people were just willing to eat others and became desensitized to it overtime is similar to how we're fine with eating animals. I think that the book taking place mostly in a slaughterhouse gave those of us that eat meat a different perspective that we tend to not want to talk about. It really could make carnivores uncomfortable since most of us love animals but probably could never butcher one ourselves. I feel like we can be very gullible to the government and their brainwashing even if they throw out the craziest things so eating humans could be a possibility but there would definitely be a lot of backlash. 

I physically couldn't eat meat while reading this, it just made me too uncomfortable. I kept thinking I was eating special meat. I can't even eat it now that I'm done with it and idk what to do. I feel like this is a great rec for someone trying to be vegan lol. The uncomfortable situation it puts people in really makes them aware of what they're eating and what that animal had to go through to end up on their plate.

The writing was kind of weird. I don't know if that's how the author originally wrote it or the translator did that but the writing felt very direct and repetitive at time such as "He did this...He did that..." Sometimes those sentences would come one after the other and it felt like the book thought I was a child that needed to be told everything in a straightforward manner. Also it just messed with me. I wish I hadn't read it. Some of the writing was nice like when Marcos would talk about the past with his father and dogs. I do feel like Marcos was a very bland 2-dimensional character through basically the whole book up until the last page. That ending shocked me to my core. He was different in a good way from everyone like having actual emotions but then he went 360.

Obviously I'm very mad. My reading year has been going so well this year. I haven't given anything below a 4 stars but then ms. tender is the flesh has to ruin that streak. Go burn in hell.

When Sergio, the guy that stuns the product before they're slaughtered, says that all new stunners have to find their own way of calming down the product like how he whispers in their ear, and then this whole time Marcos is basically building trust with Jasmine and being sweet like whistling "Summertime" in her ear but that's actually his way of calming her down and then we find out at the end before he stuns her and slaughters her? I was so mad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Rape, Sexual content, Excrement, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Slavery, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol