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A review by allegedly_miri
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
4.0
This was a hard one to read, stepping over the gore and uncomfortable, sickening language, but one that was worth the struggle. Given it’s subject matter, it handles things more delicately than I expected and refrains from being purely indulgent viscera.
It’s a great parable about scarcity, humanity, and all the obvious overtones come through well - but it also seems to summarise the idea that people only act when injustice affects them specifically. The ending particularly seemed to highlight this sentiment, and it was a real shock to turn the page and discover it.
Great, neat little book. Felt like Brave New World’s tour through the facility and kept the story tight so that the world around it could be built up tall.
It’s a great parable about scarcity, humanity, and all the obvious overtones come through well - but it also seems to summarise the idea that people only act when injustice affects them specifically. The ending particularly seemed to highlight this sentiment, and it was a real shock to turn the page and discover it.
Great, neat little book. Felt like Brave New World’s tour through the facility and kept the story tight so that the world around it could be built up tall.