A review by lilyadams
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

1.0

I don't really know what to say about this book. Not subtle in the ways it thinks it's being and really is awfully gruesome for the sake of it. I had to stop reading it for a bit because it was just making me feel ill. Not an enjoyable experience at all. The writing was fine and I feel a lot of people are rating high because of the shock and gore value...very in your face anti-meat propaganda rather than the interesting dystopia I was expecting. I saw someone on here say "undeveloped and cold" and I completely agree. I didn't relate or care about any of the named characters (only the Jasmine) and the plot points felt predictable and slightly stale.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Slavery, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Cannibalism, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Torture, and Trafficking