Tender Is the Flesh

It was the most boring book I’ve read in forever…waste of time

I didn’t love the style of writing but the plot was interesting. I read this book because people talked about “the twist” at the end, but honestly, a blind man could see it coming from a mile away. For me, this is one of those stories that I’ll only read once.

This book made me so uncomfortable but I could not put it down! It is so incredibly well written, I’m amazed and horrified by it!

if it weren’t for the gore it’d be a bore

Enjoyed this book, surely made me uncomfortable. Also that ending was very unexpected. #animalsruntheworld

An absolute page turner! Be prepared for some intense and bizarre dreams if you read this before bedtime. Only reason I’m giving this book 4/5 stars is that the ending felt a bit rushed and left me yearning for more. Morbidly twisted read if you can stomach the content.

The setting is bleak (and so is the ending) but other than that this is pretty standard heavy handed social commentary fare. Points for grossing me out though.

beautiful, hyper-realistic horror

I had high hopes. Ended up being a lot of plot that wasn’t interesting and not enough of the interesting stuff. Would still read tho

I really like the concept, I think overall the author executed things nicely; she does a really good job getting you to empathize with the main character even while reading about the awful things that he has to do. The author also has a beautiful and visual way of writing that I absolutely loved. With that said, the ending was totally out of left field, and while I enjoy twist endings, there was virtually nothing that would make the ending make sense for the main character. It made me feel unbelievably angry, which may have been the author’s goal, but that anger was not only from the main characters actions, but also from how much his actions didn’t make sense. The ending completely undid ANY growth the main character did. It was a huge plot twist that was underwhelming and, in my opinion, makes the book not worth reading. I wouldn’t reread this book, and I don’t think I’d recommend it either. I absolutely love books with morally gray, and oftentimes “bad,” main characters… but this.. I would rather no ending.