A review by kkulhannie
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

imagine reading a book like this and thinking the overt misogyny wasn’t going to be a plot point…

yikes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Confinement, Cannibalism, Medical content, Drug abuse, Slavery, Pregnancy, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Classism, Child abuse, Torture, Blood, Sexism, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Trafficking, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Drug use, Body horror, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, and Animal cruelty