A review by theochick
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Fucked up in the best sense of the phrase with characters who make your skin crawl the entire way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Torture, Death, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Slavery, Dementia, Murder, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Gore, Child death, Trafficking, and Blood

Moderate: Infertility, Rape, Excrement, Alcohol, Animal death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Sexual content

There are holocaust parallels to be aware of as well