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A review by enchantressreads
Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I was very, very hesitant to start this book because I have an aversion to any kind of harm to animals. I am (mostly) glad that I decided to read it anyway. Content warnings are listed at the bottom for those interested in the outcome.
Don’t get me wrong, it was rough. As a scientist myself, it’s always hard to deal with animal testing; you get attached very quickly, you care too much, and you feel tremendous guilt. I think, even though the entire story had me on edge, that gave me more of an emotional attachment to this novella.
It is the near future, and Dr. Sean Kell-Luddon is a scientist currently studying behavior in wolves. She has the chance to use a special interface to become “in-kind” with her wolf, Kate. This means that Sean can see, hear, smell, and fear whatever Kate does. The experiment is to determine why these wolves have survived when many other packs have died off.
There are a lot of ethical questions in this novella, and I think that adds to the general uneasiness to the read. It is only 100 or so pages, yet I took my time reading it, because I had so many thoughts I just had to write down.
Thank you to NetGalley and Tordotcom for the chance to read this advanced review copy.
CW for medical setting, animal cruelty, animal death, blood, gore, racism, sexism, vomit, and infidelity
Don’t get me wrong, it was rough. As a scientist myself, it’s always hard to deal with animal testing; you get attached very quickly, you care too much, and you feel tremendous guilt. I think, even though the entire story had me on edge, that gave me more of an emotional attachment to this novella.
It is the near future, and Dr. Sean Kell-Luddon is a scientist currently studying behavior in wolves. She has the chance to use a special interface to become “in-kind” with her wolf, Kate. This means that Sean can see, hear, smell, and fear whatever Kate does. The experiment is to determine why these wolves have survived when many other packs have died off.
There are a lot of ethical questions in this novella, and I think that adds to the general uneasiness to the read. It is only 100 or so pages, yet I took my time reading it, because I had so many thoughts I just had to write down.
Thank you to NetGalley and Tordotcom for the chance to read this advanced review copy.
CW for medical setting, animal cruelty, animal death, blood, gore, racism, sexism, vomit, and infidelity
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Medical content
Moderate: Blood and Gore
Minor: Infidelity, Racism, and Sexism