Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

25 reviews

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

alyxandrathegr8's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Woooooooah……just finished. Idk what I expected but it wasn’t that. Shitttttttttttttt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

andr901i's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Den var meget klam og dyster. Der var flere gange hvor jeg var nødt til at ligge den lidt fra mig, men samtidig var jeg nødt til at blive ved med at læse. Den var meget klam og dyster men det er forventet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

ravenousrose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ori250's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, and Religious bigotry

katharina90's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

Brutal commentary on supremacist delusions and how we justify and normalize violent, socially constructed hierarchies so we can oppress, exploit and extract.

The message is most obvious in regards to human supremacy and capitalism but the book alludes to and is easily applied to other systems of oppression.

I enjoyed the matter-of-fact, detached writing style and the almost Orwellian language.

A fascinating, deeply disturbing book with lots to unpack.

"After all, since the world began, we’ve been eating each other. If not symbolically, then we’ve been literally gorging on each other. The Transition has enabled us to be less hypocritical."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Pedophilia, Slavery, Suicide, Dementia, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Other: ecofascism, trophy hunting, graphic descriptions of animal agriculture, slaughterhouse operations and animal testing/experimentation

xeno_reads's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

A thought provoking look into a mirror of what humanity can be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

smolhandsdan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma

gondorgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

dinahn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Pregnancy