A review by bellabellabee
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

4.5

my jaw is literally still dropped as I type this review. I cannot believe this book. It was so foul and disturbing and i feel so sick for enjoying reading books that are this fucked up. I love dystopian books and seeing how they root back to our current society. I think the scariest part of this book was the fact that I honestly could see something like this happening. I can imagine the government coming up with an extreme way to cope with overpopulation and inequality. I was so intrigued by our main character. I never felt like I fully knew him and that proved to be the case after that last page. My heart breaks for Jasmine. I was shocked that he did what he did with her. I hate myself for thinking his intentions were genuine. Really interesting though. The puppies also broke my heart. I hated hearing about what the teenagers did to them. Anyway very disturbing but i couldn’t stop reading.
I’ve really been thinking about the use of language in this book. Reminiscent of Cultish, this book really showed the way people are swayed by language. Also how people are easily influenced by everyone else around them. They all have these weird beliefs about the social hierarchy and it’s so influenced by the language and governement