Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

42 reviews

insidious_toxins's review against another edition

It overwhelmed me with anxiety & usually I’m a very good person at handling morbid things but this book was made to give anxiety & disgust. It achieved its goal but I can’t personally ever recommend this book to anyone at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

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

boogi29's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

If there’s any book that would make me go vegan, it’s this one. 

It’s hard to explain, but this is one of the “filthiest” books I’ve read. It feels like it just stinks, and everything is covered in gore. 

I absolutely loved the world building, and the plot itself was about as dark as it can get. I believe I understand the authors intentions in not telling us too much, but I feel like they could have gone further in depth surrounding the general events that led to the world as it is when the story takes place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kombaya's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I can never recover from reading this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Excrement, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, and Infertility

zizzlee0305'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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual violence, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

smashingreads's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Initial: ooof that ending. I love that the author wasn’t afraid to end it this way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

dixiecarroll's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.0

This wasn't THAT bad, and I didn't feel as strongly as others do, but I do agree that it didn't exactly fulfill any purpose. It felt like it was all for shock value than for making a point, which is painfully clear from page one. (Meat industry is corrupt if you didn't know) Ultimately it was readable and I was engrossed, but there was one scene towards the middle that made me have spontaneous empathy tears - let's just say *celebrity* - and I wasn't really prepared for that. Overall... idk it felt pointless and I wasn't convinced of anything new. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

natalie75's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

systemofanoun'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Classism

Moderate: Child death

grace_tg's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Torture, and Trafficking

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy