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A review by bitterpeaches
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica
4/5🌟
“He doesn’t call it meat. He uses technical words to refer to what is a human but will never be a person, to what is always a product.”
Bizzare and unsettling to say the least, but out of the 7 books I am currently sifting through… it was finished in a day. To be honest, the whole premise feels very ‘Animal Rights Activist’-y and the writing is really stilty. That said, it was actually really good and if you were one of those kids who liked movies like GATTACA or Soylent Green you will absolutely devour this. Short read like less than 275 pages.
If you can read spanish I would read it in Spanish! It was originally written in Spanish and I don’t think the translator did a super good job because it can be hard to read in places.
PS there’s a cool Spotify to listen to while you read it https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3rM1xhmabsE4UavushTFNn?si=Ozo_17q8TbGdA56ztfNSKQ&pi=u-oTbwWEPSSvOo
4/5🌟
“He doesn’t call it meat. He uses technical words to refer to what is a human but will never be a person, to what is always a product.”
Bizzare and unsettling to say the least, but out of the 7 books I am currently sifting through… it was finished in a day. To be honest, the whole premise feels very ‘Animal Rights Activist’-y and the writing is really stilty. That said, it was actually really good and if you were one of those kids who liked movies like GATTACA or Soylent Green you will absolutely devour this. Short read like less than 275 pages.
If you can read spanish I would read it in Spanish! It was originally written in Spanish and I don’t think the translator did a super good job because it can be hard to read in places.
PS there’s a cool Spotify to listen to while you read it https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3rM1xhmabsE4UavushTFNn?si=Ozo_17q8TbGdA56ztfNSKQ&pi=u-oTbwWEPSSvOo
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Body horror, Medical content, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Dementia, Gore, and Infertility