Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica

338 reviews

dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

the end of this book made the torturous horrors of the journey soooooo worth the read. tender of the flesh was sick, but this one had a great subliminal message that parallels our society today. great but short frickin read. 

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I don’t think this one is for me.

I’m not a huge fan of journal entries as a format.  

This is a bleak book. It’s unsurprising from the author but it’s just not my favorite type of horror.

If you enjoyed tender is the flesh you will probably like this one.

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I loved the style -- I feel like this is a book you know you're either going to love or hate within the first 20 pages. I love being thrown into a world and being drip fed the context. I loved Circe
and usually i am NOT one for the animal companions in books, but my JAW DROPPED when it was revealed she was a cat
. I loved having questions that were still unanswered (I don't necessary love that in a novel, but I think it works in a novella). So so many roaches though. Hated that. Excited to read tender is the flesh since so many of the reviews for this book just say that that one is better! 

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dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I opened this book's pages with high expectations carried from Bazterrica's first acclaimed publication, Tender is the Flesh, and her second bestseller did them justice. 

I didn't experience the same goosebumps as I'd had with her former work, though it may have been mellowed by the fact that I'm currently more familiar with the topics she explores, and her tone. However, there were moments where I was aghast and enraptured at her ability to weave horror and political critique, her sharp, borderline omenic commentary on artificial intelligence, environmental disaster and climate change, cults and doomsday behavior, cruelty and torture, and so much more. This was a splendid, transfixing work of fiction that tells a story of how our world can collapse if we allow ourselves to succumb our humanity to technology, and the shattering consequences that could, without caution, ensue.

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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