A review by kyrstin_p1989
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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