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A review by potatq
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
5.0
This is disturbing…. but more so depressing as it feels that the horror themes present in this book (while to an extreme) is realistic. It really takes a deep dive on how capitalism + consumerism affects our lives and how it’s almost impossible to escape the system. - The government will determine how we live and what systems thrive. The rich will remain rich with the power to control large aspects of our society and do as they please regardless if it’s illegal or immoral. The marginalized are forced to do unspeakable things to survive under the circumstances in a world they are forced under. And how people in the middle go along with all of it because what real power do they have to stop it? All they can do is work, provide for their own, and continue on with their lives despite the bleak nature of the world they’re in.
The true horror lies in how inescapable it feels to be trapped within this world. I find it bone-chillingly scary how closely our real world mirrors the themes present in this book. And while there is excess brutality and gore present in this book, this kind of brutality already exists in our world - just in different forms.
Lastly, I find it interesting as well how the book highlights that a society can be conditioned to deem something as “normal” and “right”, how even just using certain wording in media has a big effect on how things can be perceived.
Please be warned that almost everything wrong in the world is present in the book and highlighted to an extreme in the most disturbing contexts.
P.S. I would not read this again anytime soon or maybe ever as it made me feel small and helpless.
The true horror lies in how inescapable it feels to be trapped within this world. I find it bone-chillingly scary how closely our real world mirrors the themes present in this book. And while there is excess brutality and gore present in this book, this kind of brutality already exists in our world - just in different forms.
Lastly, I find it interesting as well how the book highlights that a society can be conditioned to deem something as “normal” and “right”, how even just using certain wording in media has a big effect on how things can be perceived.
Please be warned that almost everything wrong in the world is present in the book and highlighted to an extreme in the most disturbing contexts.
P.S. I would not read this again anytime soon or maybe ever as it made me feel small and helpless.