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Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Dementia, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Classism
“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, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder
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
But it isn't just the gory disassembly of dehumanised 'product', it's the exploration of how a society like this could and would function - a horrifying adaptation to a new normal, where greed runs rife in the open, populations fall into bloodbath routine, and individual connections are severed through the advent of the most sickening change.
It's not made for you to sympathise with the characters or even the 'heads' in facilities and laboratories, it's made to visualise how, despite being overwhelmingly far-fetched, just how believable this state of society really is. You can't put anything past the unadulterated gluttony of the human race.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy
Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Dementia, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Addiction, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Excrement
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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy
Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Classism
Minor: Racism