A review by johnbat
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

2.75

It feels like it was written by a man, but it was written by a woman. The various females characters in the book feel incomplete and serve only to fulfill a purpose in the male narrator’s life. 

Sometimes the action in the narration was a little hard to cipher because of the overwhelming use of the pronoun “he” when referencing the narrator.

The ending felt out of character - only in character in the fact the the narrator once again reveals that this one-dimensional female character, Jasmine, is going to be slaughtered.