theochick 's review for:

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

5.0

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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

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

There are holocaust parallels to be aware of as well