Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

47 reviews

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

mnjones66'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ecn'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Well written and disgusting but just not for me I think. Just wasn’t hitting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

simp4sneks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I highly recommend looking at trigger warnings before reading thism it goes in depth on the butchering, tanning, breeding process of HUMANS in a cannabalistic world. I dove into this without looking at proper TW, and even though I enjoyed the writing and the author very much, I wish I took a proper look into what I will be reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

emilyloren's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide, Excrement, and Suicide attempt

ccee's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.5

Beautiful prose, but don’t read if you have a tendency to get wrapped up in apocalyptic fiction and become paranoid about the world to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Pregnancy