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A review by reader_in_the_meadow
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
adventurous
dark
emotional
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? Yes
3.75
I think I had high expectationd for this book going in and while I wouldn't say that they were not met, I think my exoectations were a bit too high.
This is by all means a very interesting book dealing with a very dark but also very intriguing idea, which it also oerfectly portrays on page.
However, I do think that it was a bit shallow for my taste. I think it could have benefitted from being just a bit longer, but then, the short length it does have plays perfectly into the whole of it as an artwork.
I also couldn't really connect to the characters and even the main character only started to actually grow on me duting the last few chapters. Still, can't it be argued that the point is to dislike the characters due zo the themes and topics discussed in this book?
All in all I feel very conflicted about this novel but I fo see it as a literary piece of art working with very prominent topics that need to be discussed in relation to modern pop culture, seeing the rise of cannibalism as part of ever more mainstream media.
This is by all means a very interesting book dealing with a very dark but also very intriguing idea, which it also oerfectly portrays on page.
However, I do think that it was a bit shallow for my taste. I think it could have benefitted from being just a bit longer, but then, the short length it does have plays perfectly into the whole of it as an artwork.
I also couldn't really connect to the characters and even the main character only started to actually grow on me duting the last few chapters. Still, can't it be argued that the point is to dislike the characters due zo the themes and topics discussed in this book?
All in all I feel very conflicted about this novel but I fo see it as a literary piece of art working with very prominent topics that need to be discussed in relation to modern pop culture, seeing the rise of cannibalism as part of ever more mainstream media.