Review by gossamer_lens - Tender is the Flesh

gossamer_lens 's review for:

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

4.25

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So so dark. Read it right after Cormac McCarthy's The Road... And this felt like such a slap in the face. I actually enjoyed the read more then I enjoyed my read of The Road but I'm rating it less because there were some

sex scenes that just really gave me the ick and one of them didn't serve any point narratively in my opinion and just really threw me off.

... But overall I liked this books and there were some interesting themes being discussed that were aided by the darkness of the subject matter and telling of it.