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A review by neeki
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Read Around the World- Argentina
A future where consumption of human meat is legalized after all animal meat is infected by a virus that makes it poisonous for humans. We follow Marcos, a manager at a human meat processing plant, who's fighting with his own inner demons to keep his sanity in a world where humanity has ceased to exist.
The horror in this book is definitely very descriptive, nauseating, shocking, and will make your stomach turn. At its core, the book is openly a metaphoric representation of social injustice, animal cruelty in the meat industry, human trafficking, gender violence happening in our world.
If the world keeps on progressing the way it is, surely we'll devour each other one way or the other. No doubt, one of the most disturbing and bizarre books that I've read.
A future where consumption of human meat is legalized after all animal meat is infected by a virus that makes it poisonous for humans. We follow Marcos, a manager at a human meat processing plant, who's fighting with his own inner demons to keep his sanity in a world where humanity has ceased to exist.
The horror in this book is definitely very descriptive, nauseating, shocking, and will make your stomach turn. At its core, the book is openly a metaphoric representation of social injustice, animal cruelty in the meat industry, human trafficking, gender violence happening in our world.
If the world keeps on progressing the way it is, surely we'll devour each other one way or the other. No doubt, one of the most disturbing and bizarre books that I've read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cannibalism, Violence, Slavery, and Sexual harassment