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A review by bookishbisexual
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
This one is going to stay with me for a long time. If you can stomach it (read the trigger warnings carefully), I would highly recommend it.
When I first started reading this book, I really didn’t think that the author could convince me that such a large scale of the population would accept and gleefully participate in cannibalism.
But when I really think about our current consumption, like really think about it, it’s not that far fetched. So much of our clothing is made in sweatshops, iPhones use child labour, we have legalized slavery through the prison system, and we are so separated from our food that many of us have never set foot near a slaughterhouse or factory.
We don’t really think about where these things come from because the second we do it’s really daunting and horrible. It is much easier (and kind of necessary to get on with your life ) to push it to the back of your mind and continue using your iPhone, which I am currently typing on…
When I first started reading this book, I really didn’t think that the author could convince me that such a large scale of the population would accept and gleefully participate in cannibalism.
But when I really think about our current consumption, like really think about it, it’s not that far fetched. So much of our clothing is made in sweatshops, iPhones use child labour, we have legalized slavery through the prison system, and we are so separated from our food that many of us have never set foot near a slaughterhouse or factory.
We don’t really think about where these things come from because the second we do it’s really daunting and horrible. It is much easier (and kind of necessary to get on with your life ) to push it to the back of your mind and continue using your iPhone, which I am currently typing on…
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail