A review by bookishchaos
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

Not sure how I feel about this. It has a unique concept for a horror novel but it also made me feel icky. The environment/world setting is pretty horrfic and shows the terrors that humans could possibly be capable of. But this book is very short, so the characters weren't devoloped, it focused mainly on the politics of the story, and by the end of it, the book felt incomplete.
However, I did like at the end when you realize that our main character is the villian. His character starts out okay, but progressively becomes horrible. That was very different and unexpected.
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