Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

1347 reviews

palicereads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad fast-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

3.0

Truly terrifying, left me with nightmares. A valuable read to consider the impact of language on our perception of the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death

ana98_'s review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, and Trafficking

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Dementia, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

patriciamadariaga's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

A provocative premise, generally well executed. The narrator sometimes belabors the point, though, instead of allowing the reader to do their own thinking.

As for the audio version, what a joy it is to listen to a translation when the narrator is bilingual! To be able to stay immersed in the flow of the story without the distraction of out-of-context pronunciations (I'm looking at you, producers of the Bad Girls audio version) is almost as good as having access to the original.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Rape

katlynkatt's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

jelly_fssh's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

4.0

Had my jaw dropping multiple times, I couldn’t put it down, the ending hurt my heart and I should have seen it coming. I couldn’t eat meat for a while after reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Cannibalism

sevvv23's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Cannibalism

pagemaxxer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

the first section really grossed me out (this is a good thing). it made you reflect. and then to me it fell flat afterwards. the ending was not bad too, it did drive the initial point in. but i generally do not find things that are “improbable” such as ghosts, very dystopian settings etc very scary, plus this is the english translation so i will not say it is a bad book. i just personally did not feel as impacted as most did. still very much worth reading! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

stephliljazz'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

When all the animals are dead and cannibalism takes over slaughterhouses. With a story of love in the middle leaving you feeling like WTF did I just read. Yeah it was a good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

dianefe's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Excrement, and Trafficking

world_we_knew's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Cannibalism

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Torture