Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica

117 reviews

kidface08's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War

another_dahlia's review against another edition

2.5

dark reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent

daydreamsofareader's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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: Complicated

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Agustina Bazterrica is the moment - what a book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Pregnancy, War

kkalicky94's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape

emelynreads's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious 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: No

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Experimental in a way that worked for me! The invented terms, gothic and bleak descriptions for everything, and vague horror without being graphic worked to create a haunting and uneasy atmosphere / reading experience

I was uncomfy and I liked it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood

Minor: Animal death, Rape

betsyparty's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I crawled through this book despite it being quite short. I thought it was going to be a solid 2, but I am giving it 2.5, rounded up. You feel the narrator’s trauma throughout the book which stirred up unease, and the ending was not a happy one. I can’t say that the plot is anything new, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault

hels_archive's review against another edition

5.0

dark hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This story began with me in a similar headspace as the one I found myself in for Tender is the Flesh, only feeling more prepared for the despair and agony Bazeterrica had to offer since we’ve met in some way before. There’s a high degree of that at times, but I also shockingly found myself hopeful at the end. Enraged still yes, but not so much enraged in a nauseating way but productively enraged. In this novel this there is violent honesty, unobtrusive understanding, and tender hope born from love. A S.C.U.M. crafted narrative that rejects all potential false compassion mistakenly directed at those who most brutalize society. What Bazeterrica did here reminded me that we are all capable of harm, we are all to some degree motivated to avoid and subsequently instigate harm, but the powers pushing us to those places all share something irrefutable in common that only really AFAB/ queer/ transgender/ effeminate readers can accept unflinchingly as the truth. A good omen to reflect on during the current state of affairs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Murder

Minor: Religious bigotry, War

amybeans's review against another edition

4.5

dark 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: No

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Really disturbing and creepy, but the writing is incredible, and I love how the story is built in small bits along the way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

cherricherrain's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Murder

Minor: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy

metaphorsandmisc's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Death of parent