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Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

3.5

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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At first I figured this was a vegetarian manifesto. It became so much more. A deeply uncomfortable exploration of the ways in which we treat people in inhumane ways, and begs the question of what it means to be complicit in a corrupt system.