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A review by bookishwelshie
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
5.0
As a fan of books like 1984 and Brave New World (the latter I really need to re-read now that I’m older!), and also of female-authored horror, Tender Is The Flesh is a disturbing masterpiece. This is an insightful look into the human condition; the suffering of a moral and ethical dilemma.
The most horrifying part of this book is that one could absolutely imagine humanity acting this way under these circumstances.
It’s one of the more unique dystopian stories that I’ve ever read. Animals have been rendered inedible by a virus which kills the humans who consume them. So humans now resort to consuming one another, the legalisation of cannibalism. For a more “extreme” horror topic, this is incredibly well-written, in a realistic way. This is the type of story that is food-for-thought, you will be thinking about it long after you close the pages.
The most horrifying part of this book is that one could absolutely imagine humanity acting this way under these circumstances.
It’s one of the more unique dystopian stories that I’ve ever read. Animals have been rendered inedible by a virus which kills the humans who consume them. So humans now resort to consuming one another, the legalisation of cannibalism. For a more “extreme” horror topic, this is incredibly well-written, in a realistic way. This is the type of story that is food-for-thought, you will be thinking about it long after you close the pages.