Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

383 reviews

kitchenstaff's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Rape

_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

puppeteershadow's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It's a dive into how quickly society is willing to turn on itself for the sake of normalcy. It's a nice change of pace to have a book start with a character who remembers what society was like before the virus caused the shift in everyone's diet, this leaving us to follow him as he comes with the new world order while trying to keep his humanity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lishreadsandwrites's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

0.5

This book legit traumatized me. The point of this book is overshadowed by the weird fetishization of the world in which they live.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Murder, 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

ferrot_lectorapromedio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, 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

asydburn's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Dementia, and Trafficking

all_things_books21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I think by now, we all know I go into my books blind. However, I actually semi-knew a little about Tender is the Flesh. While I knew this book is a dystopian novel about cannibalism, I was not prepared for the way this book’s society became. 

Tender is the Flesh follows Marcos, who works at a human slaughter house. We get to learn about his struggles with the way society has changed, along with some personal issues he has to face. While dealing with these personal issues, he ends up doing something unspeakable. Something he never thought he’d do. 

I’ll admit, I wasn’t the biggest fan of this book. I honestly think I had to high of expectations for Tender is the Flesh. While I wasn’t the biggest fan, it was a good read, just not what I expected. The concept behind this book was good and interesting, just maybe not for me. If you like darker dystopian novels, and not much bothers you, this is definitely a book you should try. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal cruelty and Child death

stories_of_the_soul27's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was written solely for making the readers feel disgusted, horrified and angry. I don’t know how but it had such a magnetic field around it that I was gravitating towards this book despite it making me nauseous with its gruesomeness. 

I truly believe that humans in general are capable of doing more bad than good because leaving the poor evil people aside, the rest of us either care too much for ourselves or for our loved ones. No in between. 

I didn’t like a single person in this book. All were hypocrites. But you have no option to be anyone else in that dystopian world. All I saw were broken people who were trying to do the right thing on their own terms. 

P.S. : In every kind of world, women will remain unsafe and be the most taken advantage of. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic