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Tender Is the Flesh
by Agustina Bazterrica
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
In a dystopian future there is a virus that makes all animal meat poisonous to humans. So, literally every animal on earth is slaughtered.
But people need to eat meat so the government starts a program that breeds and slaughters humans (but we don’t call them that) for consumption.
The beginning of this book is gory, there’s detailed descriptions of how slaughterhouses operate. Definitely check the TW because this book has all of them.
The story is told from Marcos’ pov and he is the manager of the slaughterhouse. The middle of the book gets a little boring as Marcos grapples with a lot of issues. But it picks up in the end and is pretty f*cked up.
But people need to eat meat so the government starts a program that breeds and slaughters humans (but we don’t call them that) for consumption.
The beginning of this book is gory, there’s detailed descriptions of how slaughterhouses operate. Definitely check the TW because this book has all of them.
The story is told from Marcos’ pov and he is the manager of the slaughterhouse. The middle of the book gets a little boring as Marcos grapples with a lot of issues. But it picks up in the end and is pretty f*cked up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism
Moderate: Confinement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Dementia
Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Grief, Death of parent