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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fue muy difícil de leer desde el principio, quizá hay una doble moral al leer lo que actualmente hacemos a los animales, pero ahora con los humanos. Cuando vas conociendo mejor a Marcos entiendes su forma de pensar y como la muerte de su hijo, su trabajo y en general el mundo actual lo consumen por completo; pero finalmente, siento que se vuelve uno más de la sociedad caníbal actual en la que se encuentra.
challenging
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is the literary version of a Yorgos Lanthimos movie. (It's a perfect companion piece to his film Dogtooth.) Meandering, obtuse, sick, and ultimately not meant to entertain. Yet it's captivating, never boring, and utterly deplorable in its blunt truth. Humans are animals. No matter how much civilization we feign to, when it comes down to it, left to our own devices--we'll eat each other.
I debated not giving this a starred review, but even in the moments since I literally put the book down, closing its last page, I hate that it's given me so much to... chew on. That said, I don't know that I'd recommend anyone read it, and yet I feel like those who do will be met with a modern (as modern as it can be) dystopic novel that will probably wind up on shelves next to 1984, Brave New World, and other classics that shine a light on what monsters we are.
Not for the faint of heart or those disturbed by violence to animals (including or not violence done to human animals), or sexual assault.
I debated not giving this a starred review, but even in the moments since I literally put the book down, closing its last page, I hate that it's given me so much to... chew on. That said, I don't know that I'd recommend anyone read it, and yet I feel like those who do will be met with a modern (as modern as it can be) dystopic novel that will probably wind up on shelves next to 1984, Brave New World, and other classics that shine a light on what monsters we are.
Not for the faint of heart or those disturbed by violence to animals (including or not violence done to human animals), or sexual assault.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism
Minor: Child death
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
sad
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
No
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
More disturbing than I expected it to be, but that seems odd to say considering the subject matter of this book. Mostly, I expected the book to go one way, especially with the behaviors of the protagonist, but then it didn't follow my expectations at all; this is what created the disturbing sensation for me. It has an interesting premise and makes that premise very unique in its perspective.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow, great read, gory, sad, scary to think of this type of future, really made me nervous, a killer ending really shook me