Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

23 reviews

acorn192k's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Suicide, Dementia, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Car accident

mrlsdevos's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Cannibalism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

soiboi's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Slavery, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Dementia, and Death of parent

woodiefrog's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.5

A difficult book to get through, certainly, and to each their own reasons. I like the premise and somewhat the execution. But the translation possibly made reading this in English flat and a bit droning at times. What a strange book. 
Points off for the (still) timidity. So close—so close to make bolder statements on your parallel to consumerism! Ah.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Xenophobia

anissawren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Dementia, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Racism, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia

yamtastic's review against another edition

dark 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

Beautiful prose for such a disturbing story. The ending gets a lot of hate, but I think it was perfectly suited to the characters - a setting like this does not create a happy ending. In a way, there was no chance at a happy ending from the very beginning. Dark, intimate, sick and twisted, this is a book that will make you stop and consider what it means to be human. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Murder

jessicafee86's review against another edition

Honestly it was a beautiful read, but so incredibly dark. I'm already depressed by humanity as a whole, and this book was making it worse. The story is incredible, the writing is top notch, and the story itself is worth telling, but my brain isn't in a good place to process it right now. Maybe someday, but not right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Murder

avereads12's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

I thought the cannibalism was going to be the worst part. It was not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

theochick's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Fucked up in the best sense of the phrase with characters who make your skin crawl the entire way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, Rape, Sexual content, Excrement, Death of parent, and Alcohol

There are holocaust parallels to be aware of as well

i_read_books_sometimes's review against another edition

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

0.5

A real disappointment. SA used for shock value, gratuitous horror that very quickly lost any emotional impact. I was very surprised that the author is a woman because all the female characters are only characterised by being sexual in a very dehumanising way -- which may have been the point of the book, but it felt demeaning rather than furthering the author's message. In other sections of the novel, the book hits the reader over the head repeatedly with its meaning. Phrases were repeated over and over, and the writing style was very dry. This may have been the translation, but with the plot being both boring and problematic, I still feel it's fair to give this book a low rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Pedophilia