bookbabe0614 's review for:

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

4.5

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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holy shit. don’t read this fucking book. it’s amazing and thought provoking, and it does what Agustina intended it to do. It’s horrifying, sickening, disturbing, disgusting, visceral grotesque. so we’ll written that i never want to read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism