Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

291 reviews

mroogieboogie's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

You'll throw it at the wall when you're done but won't be able to put it down when you start it. Such a bleak but good story that you may never forget. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Slavery, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Classism

_tydolla's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Interesting, very disturbing, and sad read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

_ashliaraara's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Sexism, Trafficking, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

cyrusk12's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

grovesr's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I read so many reviews about this book being cruel and disturbing, so I had to give it a read. And I can say, yes, it's just as grotesque as the reviews say. Admirably, so. From beginning to end I was thoroughly horrified. Vivid descriptions, gorey details. And at the end, you're left feeling the immense power humans have. And how fragile our ethics are. How quickly we could turn on each other, ravenous and desperate to get what we want... or need, even. This book was desperate and raw. Full of guilt and anguish. I love a book that can give me a flawed character, who commits horrible acts, and show me what led them to those decisions. Was Marcos right or wrong? Who can say, really. Until you're in his shoes and in that world. I think we're all much more capable of evil than we imagine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Classism

donnacavazos's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

There’s no character development and I didn’t really know what the plot was until I got literally halfway through the book and part two started, and then I realize the point of the book. It’s really gruesome, and the descriptions are vivid and horrendous I couldn’t eat while reading this book and the faces I made while reading was so funny because it felt like every chapter was just a new horror of the dystopian future and actually like pretty plausible like I could definitely see society becoming this way and they’ve always treated women like that so overall, it was good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

beebookcandle's review against another edition

Too disturbing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

geraldkharris's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

junowo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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? Yes

5.0

Nauseating in the best way. This would’ve been an easy book to write poorly, to lean into a tirade, to take away the complexity of meaning in. Augustina Bazterrica avoided practically every trap door, and I’m very impressed.

I was horrified by this book, but it was such an incredible read, and I loved it for book club especially because there are so many layers of meaning in every choice made. I especially enjoyed (a word that feels strange to use) the way that the book ended, which caught me entirely off guard. I won’t say more, but I was shell shocked when this book ended and it hadn’t gone the way I anticipated.

This book *did* make me happy to be vegetarian while reading it, that’s for sure. Lastly, the content warnings here are about to be next level.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sav_leigh's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Dementia, and Death of parent