A review by captaincrabs52
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I would have loved more info about the government and “the transition” but I’ll take what I can get and it was a quick read that got me out of my slump!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Infertility, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Torture, Animal death, Cannibalism, Cursing, Grief, Blood, Child death, Death, Dementia, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and Body horror