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notesofacrocodile 's review for:
Tender Is the Flesh
by Agustina Bazterrica
3.5☆ — an interestingly constructed dystopia that plunges the reader into a society where human meat has replaced the consumption of animal meat, all as observed through the depressively detached gaze of our narrator, who has undergone enough tragedies as it is. the writing style was beautiful and if i were to rate on the basis of it alone, i could've given a much higher rating. however, I couldn't understand as to how a couple of circumstances or things came to be in this world, starting with my biggest question: how did the transition to eating human meat become naturalised so quickly? i suppose i could conjure scenarios where few may resort to human meat after a long time, but the fact that this was a mass transition, and that too within the short period of the narrator's lifetime seems like something that just cannot happen.
i thought the way that the narrator and his fellow men regarded women, in different degrees and flavours of misogyny, was quite realistic- even the humans who are reared to be eaten cannot escape the misogyny of their killers. the writing also perfectly complements the dark and grimy morals and perspectives of this dystopian society. overall, i can still see why this book is so highly recommended.
i thought the way that the narrator and his fellow men regarded women, in different degrees and flavours of misogyny, was quite realistic- even the humans who are reared to be eaten cannot escape the misogyny of their killers. the writing also perfectly complements the dark and grimy morals and perspectives of this dystopian society. overall, i can still see why this book is so highly recommended.