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kelnicash 's review for:
Tender Is the Flesh
by Agustina Bazterrica
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
this book was… an experience.
I went in expecting it to be really bad. Really graphic, gory and hard to read. And up until the 50% mark, I was finding myself surprised that it wasn’t *that* bad. Sure it’s cannibalism and factory farming humans but it’s a cold, dystopian critique of humanity’s depravity, and wasn’t just gore for the sake of gore. And, the main character was someone you could empathize with.
But then he did THAT.
And then the rest of the book fell apart. Suddenly, there were random gore scenes being inserted for no reason other than gore. The very last page had me close the book and stare at my ceiling. And then start searching for a new book to read as a palate cleanser immediately.
Genuinely would have been a better book without the rape and unnecessary gore. There was plenty of disturbing material without those!!
I went in expecting it to be really bad. Really graphic, gory and hard to read. And up until the 50% mark, I was finding myself surprised that it wasn’t *that* bad. Sure it’s cannibalism and factory farming humans but it’s a cold, dystopian critique of humanity’s depravity, and wasn’t just gore for the sake of gore. And, the main character was someone you could empathize with.
But then he did THAT.
And then the rest of the book fell apart. Suddenly, there were random gore scenes being inserted for no reason other than gore. The very last page had me close the book and stare at my ceiling. And then start searching for a new book to read as a palate cleanser immediately.
Genuinely would have been a better book without the rape and unnecessary gore. There was plenty of disturbing material without those!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy
Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy