A review by ladawson
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I’m at a loss for words. The escalating brutality was intense, and I found myself needing breaks to process it all.

I highly recommend checking the trigger warnings before diving in. The book doesn’t hold back on depicting a world where this is the norm. However, it’s exceptionally well written, offering rich character and world-building in very few pages.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Death of parent