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Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

28 reviews

mcole4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The last page will have you questioning everything!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Dementia, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

supermaurryn's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

When I first finished this book, I was upset at the ending. Then I stopped and thought and realized this book did exactly what it was supposed to. I recommend it to anyone that loves books that comment on the current social status of the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bleakghost's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

If you like dark/gruesome dystopian-like stories, then you'll probably enjoy this book. I'm pretty 50/50 on this book, I liked the fact that the book kept pulling me in to where I couldn't put it down. However, This book gives the reader an idea of what the world would be like if cannibalism was legal, which is scary to think about. This book is not for the easily disturbed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

ana_serpas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

A deeply chilling read that reflects the deepest pits of humanity. Not for the faint of heart, or weak stomached. Deeply detailed, and visceral start to finish. A good start to graphic and dark horror. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Vomit

laurensbookshelf_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

nalakoala's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

2.75

Boring MC, boring plot. I liked the ending but that's it. The translation was also hard to follow at times. Weirdly rap*y too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Violence, and Alcohol

lavendar_fr0g's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.0

I don’t like dystopians too much, so I kept that in mind as I went in. 

The scenes are gruesome, detailed in a wonderful way but nothing special if you’ve  a reader of extreme horror in general. To people who aren’t used to intense horror and gore, it’ll definitely be a hard one to get through. 

I strangely felt more sad than horrified, but there’s something nice about that- horror doesn’t always have to just scare you; it can invoke other emotions too. The ending surprised me, but looking back at the course of the book- it makes sense. 

Don’t go in expecting for the protagonist to change the world and society (a common trend in dystopians); he’s complicit in it. A participator and even an enforcer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

pantslint's review against another edition

4.0

I'll write a clearer review after a re-read. This book is horrific tho, no doubt. A quick read, too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Excrement, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Vomit, and Alcohol

thejazziestbean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

what the fuck was that book?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Rape, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

underscoremeg's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Despite the content warnings, this book was easy to consume! The writing is skillful and detailed without being disgusting. 

In the future, the animals of the world come down with a virus that is lethal to humans, making them unable to be eaten. Because of this, humans have resorted to commercializing cannibalism. 

The main character is the manager of a meat processing plant and the book follows him through his experiences working with other businesses in the meat market, including breeders, hunters, butchers, and leather goods. We see the world through his perspective, learning his feelings about the state of the world as well as his own personal life and challenges. 

This book was described to me as deeply disturbing and disgusting. I wasn’t bothered by much of the gore. There is DEFINITELY gore, but it’s all described in such a detached manner that it’s really not a body horror disgust. The horror of this book was much more mental for me - the thought of humans being raised to be slaughtered for meat is crazy. 

The book takes things a step further, though, when the main character is gifted a female and he slowly begins to treat her like a real person, rather than an animal to be slaughtered. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy