A review by heybethrenee
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This is like a cross between Fahrenheit 451 and Animal Farm. It is so eloquently written and translated. It is blunt but also subtle in its themes. The only thing that kept me from giving it 5 stars is the ending. I didn’t dislike it by any means, I suppose I just wish I understood it more. It happened very quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic