Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

886 reviews

zizzlee0305's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual violence, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

emmayoung95's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

trelina's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Blood

Minor: Child death, Dementia, and Death of parent

megwilli's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Rape, Medical content, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Slavery and Abortion

lim3y's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

gdobson1's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

A horrifying, yet mesmerising look at how our morality around food and humanity can be impacted so dramatically from only a small pivot in phrasing. 

In the end, meat is meat. 

I devoured this book in 3 sittings, unheard of for me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Rape, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

add_a_little_spook's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Sexism

nalakoala's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Violence, and Alcohol

woodiefrog's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.5

A difficult book to get through, certainly, and to each their own reasons. I like the premise and somewhat the execution. But the translation possibly made reading this in English flat and a bit droning at times. What a strange book. 
Points off for the (still) timidity. So close—so close to make bolder statements on your parallel to consumerism! Ah.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Xenophobia

itsmelaurenc's review against another edition

dark 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? No

There is torture of puppies and pregnant women, along with raping to death. It seemed very “try hard” with the gore, didn’t add to the story at all. Would not recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic