Take a photo of a barcode or cover
jadeey1504 's review for:
Tender Is the Flesh
by Agustina Bazterrica
This book is very disturbing and not for the faint-stomached at all, but it is also oddly intriguing because of how messed up it is š
š„“
The premise of the story is utterly horrifying, especially when you could easily see this becoming a thing in the future! The whole book was weird and disgusting, but I was surprised by the ending and did not see it turning out that way beforehand. Although in hindsight, I suppose it was kind of obvious that would happen!
Itās odd because none of the characters are likeable, but I found the MC hard to read at times. Sometimes he has traces of compassion glinting through, then others he doesnāt. You canāt really tell what his true thoughts actually are.
Sometimes I found the writing was confusing as the author refers to the MC as āheā a lot, so sometimes, like in scenes with other males, itās not always absolutely obvious whether āheā means the MC or the other male figure in the scene, and sometimes it takes another sentence or two before you click which āheā the author means.
There were some really strange metaphors too that didnāt really make sense to me, for instance, āHis sisterās words are like boxes filled with blank paperā, and āHis sisterās words are like dried leaves piled up in a corner, rottingā. What does that even really mean?! It added to the weirdness of the book, for sure.
The premise of the story is utterly horrifying, especially when you could easily see this becoming a thing in the future! The whole book was weird and disgusting, but I was surprised by the ending and did not see it turning out that way beforehand. Although in hindsight, I suppose it was kind of obvious that would happen!
Itās odd because none of the characters are likeable, but I found the MC hard to read at times. Sometimes he has traces of compassion glinting through, then others he doesnāt. You canāt really tell what his true thoughts actually are.
Sometimes I found the writing was confusing as the author refers to the MC as āheā a lot, so sometimes, like in scenes with other males, itās not always absolutely obvious whether āheā means the MC or the other male figure in the scene, and sometimes it takes another sentence or two before you click which āheā the author means.
There were some really strange metaphors too that didnāt really make sense to me, for instance, āHis sisterās words are like boxes filled with blank paperā, and āHis sisterās words are like dried leaves piled up in a corner, rottingā. What does that even really mean?! It added to the weirdness of the book, for sure.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Blood, Dementia, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail