Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

26 reviews

taryn_'s review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, and Death of parent

elonn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kvanstrom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Vomit, and Trafficking

ienbdri'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? It's complicated

4.0

please check tws before reading!!

This book is pretty eye-opening and I can absolutely see how it would be disturbing to other people. As someone who has read and watched endless documentaries on the meat industry and how animals are treated, the cannibalism and human meat industry seemed rather realistic and not at all surprising (which doesn't mean that my stomach didn't twist while reading). The plot itself was clearly less important than the world building and personally I think that is okay for a dystopian novel. A quick and sick read that will stay with me and keep me vegetarian/vegan for sure.

also I read this in public and I wouldn't recommend that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Miscarriage, Rape, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Cannibalism, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia and Slavery

svincent2210's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

graphic, not for the faint of heart but a great critique

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nefariousbee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

an experience that changes a person, but I feel like you can get the same message out of other sources and not get traumatized in the process. do not touch if you have a sensitive stomach.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Pedophilia, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

pinkfawn's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

From start to finish, this book took me about four hours to read, as much as I wanted to put it down after some parts. This book has very gruesome descriptions of gore and cannibalism and if you cannot handle it, I would skip this one. It was very good, and very sad and bleak. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Excrement, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Very upsetting to read as a vegan, making the comparisons with the meat and dairy industries in our own reality. If you are especially sensitive to factory farming cruelty, I would find something else to read.

saadeeyah's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

So I was told this book was a true dystopian novel. Honestly it had a lot of potential. The characters had potential, the main idea of the society had potential, but in the end it felt like the author had a bunch of separate ideas for a book and squished them together. Like the human hunting reserve where they hunted a celebrity who was in debt? That just sounded like the main plot of a desperate book. I was also disappointed in the characters, when I started the book I assumed I would get to know Marcos and why he does things and how he does things, but I still have no clue how he thinks and why he acts. All I got was that he’s vegetarian, he likes beer, he misses his wife, he misses his dead baby and he’s a creep. All throughout the book, he would explain how everyone else was sick but then literally does the exact same thing as everyone else. I guess that could be interpreted as the meaning of the book, but it’s a bit of a cop-out. It also felt very gory for little to no reason. It honestly made me think that the author just wanted to write something with every trigger warning possible and the best way to do it was to choose humans. I would not be surprised if the author chose humans because the book wouldn’t have been well received if they had gone into as much detail on livestock farming and slaughtering. It made me think of those kinds of vegans. The ending was basically ten pages and didn’t make sense when it came to the characters’ arcs. Kinda disappointed as I was told the ending was what truly made the book (aka the book is boring but the end is shocking). Overall meh writing and underdeveloped plot and characters.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Misogyny, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury