A review by therealmsroth
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Explores the ethics of mass cannibalism, sure, but more about the ethics of eating meat at all. Equates the meat industry to slavery and not-so-subtly forces you to question your own diet habits and systems of oppression you participate in, but never question. Brings to mind the power of language to nullify and neutralize that which is gruesome and horrific by nature. Some gross moments, of course, but mostly an impressive text that made me think... What if the most horrifying circumstance and all the details necessary to make it function, were just an accepted reality?
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