A review by booksthatslay
Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Set in a coastal town ravaged by a mysterious plague, our unnamed narrator is struggling with her new reality. The algae is toxic, the winds are deadly, and the only food people can afford is an imitation meat that looks like pink slime. Our narrator is balancing the worry she has for her vulnerable mother and the feelings she still has for her ex-husband who is in a hospital for the infected, and she is the nanny for a boy with a rare genetic disorder. Instead of the thrills and high-stakes we have come to expect from “end of world” novel, Pink Slime forces you to sit in the melancholy that is the end of the world. It is quiet, reflective, and harrowing. I would definitely recommend. Thank you so much to Scribner for approving me on NetGalley for an advance reader copy and for sending me a finished physical copy.