A review by ecn
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Well written and disgusting but just not for me I think. Just wasn’t hitting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Confinement, Classism, Body horror, Murder, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Grief, Trafficking, Racism, Gore, Death, Child death, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Blood, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Abortion, Alcohol, Torture, Medical trauma, Excrement, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Sexism, Rape, and Pandemic/Epidemic