A review by asafekindofhigh
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is one of the most disturbing yet eye-opening books that I have read. In a dystopian world where animal meat is supposedly poisonous for humans, human meat is used as food. The main character, who works at one of these factories, points out the horrors of the meat industry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence