A review by twoesplease
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Did not finish book. Stopped at 35%.

Author seemed to do no research into biology & nutrition. All animals are all infected by some disease that apparently does not affect humans (?) so humans are farmed for meat. Book quickly glosses over “vegetables don’t have complete proteins” (this has been figured out and compensated for by almost every traditional global culture by combining vegetables & grains for adequate nutrition). The straw that broke it for me was the wife of the main character (a nurse) saying she’s not “producing” enough eggs (in a flashback, before they had their first child, who died suddenly). Gory and torturous, but not thoughtful or researched.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Xenophobia, and Cannibalism