Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

1092 reviews

not_another_ana's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

¿Cuántos corazones tienen que ser guardados en cajas para que el dolor se transforme en otra cosa? Pero el dolor, intuye, es lo único que lo hace seguir respirando. Sin la tristeza, no le queda nada.

Cuando un terrible y aterrador virus afecta a todos los animales, no hay más opción que eliminarlos a todos. Como consecuencia no hay carne animal para comer y, al ver la reacción del público, los gobiernos alrededor del mundo deciden legalizar el consumo de carne humana. Este nuevo ganado pasa a ser visto como algo normal y necesario después de una transición que cambia a la sociedad y a toda la industria de producción de carnes.

En el mundo antes del virus Marcos Tejo estudió veterinaria, ahora trabaja en el frigorífico Krieg, donde es testigo de esta nueva realidad. Atrapado en su rutina, con un matrimonio cayéndose a pedazos a causa de una pérdida y un padre sufriendo de demencia su día a día cambia cuando recibe un obsequio: una "hembra" de primera calidad. Inicialmente asqueado con este regalo, poco a poco Marcos tomará una decisión que cambiará su vida y su futuro.

Podemos analizar mucho en este libro. Claramente, es una crítica dura a la industria de la carne utilizando el relato para poner al lector en los zapatos de estos animales. Igualmente, quiere crear conciencia sobre el consumo de carne y, quizás, hasta abogar por el vegetarianismo. Esta es la interpretación más obvia y, para mí, la más aburrida. Es mucho más interesante hablar sobre la deshumanización de un grupo por parte de los gobiernos, al punto que se normaliza su tratamiento subhumano y consumo por parte de las élites. Esto saltó para mí del texto quizás por las actuales situaciones de conflictos en el mundo, donde ciertos grupos de personas son tildados de menos o de malos todos por una retórica que viene desde lo más alto. Lo que me pareció más aterrador de este libro fue ese cambio social porque es posible.

No sé si me gustó este libro. Me gustaron partes del todo, pero no tanto el argumento central. Lo mejor fue la construcción del mundo por parte de la autora, sentí que pasó horas, días, meses pensando en todos los engranajes que mueven esta sociedad y en los cambios que trae la normalización del canibalismo, no solo económica y socialmente sino también el aspecto religioso. Por otra parte, Marcos y su relación con la "hembra" fue poco interesante y hasta cliché.

Muchos odiaron el final, yo lo vi venir a kilómetros. Es un libro tan desalentador que era obvio que no podía terminar de ninguna otra manera.

Muchas veces leer el texto se sintió más como propaganda que literatura.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Humanos siendo tratados como ganado

malimali_24's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Miscarriage, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Dementia

Minor: Death of parent

kather_doc's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

michealasharp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

ladawson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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’m at a loss for words. The escalating brutality was intense, and I found myself needing breaks to process it all.

I highly recommend checking the trigger warnings before diving in. The book doesn’t hold back on depicting a world where this is the norm. However, it’s exceptionally well written, offering rich character and world-building in very few pages.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

mobooks_'s review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, and Trafficking

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Dementia, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

saracarlson's review against another edition

dark sad 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

1.0

Would not recommend, was quite depressing and macabre. The story and the way it was told was very simplistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

pabsies's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

drawmejay5233's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

soph_e_c's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Rape, Blood, Dementia, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Grief, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic