Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

1089 reviews

kitchenstaff's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Rape

moonmamii's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

The way he completely changed when he got caught having an another woman giving birth in his house when his wife came to see him. He was separated with her but he needed helped to deliver “his or their baby.” Very nasty, he was just the worst character to follow. He had no morals for life. He taught the  woman who gave birth everything. She had basically the mind of a child and he got her pregnant and stole the baby to treat his guilt and his separated wife a second chance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Wasn’t for me. I feel like the author wanted to finish the book with something shocking and unexpected.

knightkikibeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

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

itslurch's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

asydburn's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Dementia, and Trafficking

stories_of_the_soul27's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was written solely for making the readers feel disgusted, horrified and angry. I don’t know how but it had such a magnetic field around it that I was gravitating towards this book despite it making me nauseous with its gruesomeness. 

I truly believe that humans in general are capable of doing more bad than good because leaving the poor evil people aside, the rest of us either care too much for ourselves or for our loved ones. No in between. 

I didn’t like a single person in this book. All were hypocrites. But you have no option to be anyone else in that dystopian world. All I saw were broken people who were trying to do the right thing on their own terms. 

P.S. : In every kind of world, women will remain unsafe and be the most taken advantage of. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

dysentry_4_me's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

It had it's moments but ultimately it boiled down to simply an interesting concept. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

grovesr's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.75

I read so many reviews about this book being cruel and disturbing, so I had to give it a read. And I can say, yes, it's just as grotesque as the reviews say. Admirably, so. From beginning to end I was thoroughly horrified. Vivid descriptions, gorey details. And at the end, you're left feeling the immense power humans have. And how fragile our ethics are. How quickly we could turn on each other, ravenous and desperate to get what we want... or need, even. This book was desperate and raw. Full of guilt and anguish. I love a book that can give me a flawed character, who commits horrible acts, and show me what led them to those decisions. Was Marcos right or wrong? Who can say, really. Until you're in his shoes and in that world. I think we're all much more capable of evil than we imagine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Classism

izzyclemente's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and War