kyrstin_p1989 's review for:

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

3.5

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Disturbing doesn’t even begin to touch the surface. I definitely didn’t anticipate the ending. I thought the protagonist had changed but ultimately this book proves that people will do heinous things to get what they want. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Classism