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The book describes in extreme detail an absolutely dystopian nightmare of humans being raised for slaughter and eaten.
The book does an excellent job of having the main character know and understanding the horror he sees everyday, and understands its completely wrong. This character is around before the world went to shit.
The ending was not what I expected. All in all a good horror book that does a good job with wrestling with psychological trauma and.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Violence, Grief, Cannibalism
Moderate: Body horror, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
First, it is just an uncomfortable read. it deals with a very dark subject, legalized cannibalism, and it doesn't shy away from some of the logical results of such a legal policy. I completely understand that this is a way of shining light on the meat industry and how humans treat animals. It isn't trying to be subtle in that regard. It is just disturbing in that way and if you decide to read the book you need to understand this is what you are getting into.
Second, and this is what I think may be more relative to my rating, I don't think once the book sets up its premise and purpose that it goes anywhere interesting. The book basically sets up the premise, gives some detail of the main character's daily life in this world, shows the character struggling with his reality, and then ends with him ultimately not doing anything different or evolving as a human. This is what I find most egregious. the book just doesn't have anything else to say once it sets up its main ideas and the main character's growth is minimal at best. There was an opportunity for the author to really say something interesting about humanity and human nature but instead just went with "yeah, we suck."
I guess this book received most of its attention due to the shocking nature of the central idea and maybe not so much as a complete narrative. It was kept me interested but the end just didn't deliver anything of note.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Violence, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Misogyny, Excrement, Vomit, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness
“After all since the world began, we’ve been eating each other. If not symbolically, then we’ve been literally gorging on each other. The Transition has enabled us to be less hypocritical.”
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This book is set in a world where animals have been widely exterminated due to a deadly zoonotic virus and a special meat has been substituted in diets internationally. Yet, it felt so real. It felt as though I was reading a first hand account of something that was terrifyingly possible. It truly does show you the true nature of human beings and how easily humans are able to separate themselves from “others”.
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This book did take a while for me to properly digest and get through, without having a slight mental breakdown 😅
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Trafficking, Grief, Pregnancy
Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Dementia, Murder, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail