Review by echonade - Tender Is the Flesh

echonade 's review for:

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

4.0

dark reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

the pov's progression is disorienting af, but in the best way. makes me wonder if he was planning to do that from the start or... in some way it seems like it?

considering how the whole process of slaughtering "a head" was described, ig it was a long time coming. every stunner has their own secret to calming the head down, huh

great story though, liked the pacing very much and the overall portrayall of these characters. really felt for the mc for the longest time,

but this ending was insane. him just letting go of his persona he build to fit in and appease everyone around him while at the same time finally fully accepting the world he lives in, accepting that he was lying to himself the whole time, that he doesnt care so much about the old world morality. i think hed knew that already when he started in the new old field

idk how to put this into words, but things like this make me realise how much we base our opinions, even the ones that should be purely ours, are influenced by society and whats socially acceptable. herd mentality is such a such an annoying thing to deal with, really
also side note the sisters "hobby" is disgusting, but is she really different than marcos?

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