Tender is the Flesh

The book was very heavy. I read it completely in just three days and it has some gruesome content. The story is very bizarre which is expected. It was fun to read but I would have loved if there was more to read.

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You can read the book at a pleasant speed and the plot moves smoothly. But, it places too much emphasis on shock value and neglecting or stepping aside anything humane. Resembling Critical animal studies, the book is intended to provoke a discourse of animal ethics and factory farming. Yet by making all humans cannibals, I think it misses the point of treating every organism with respect. Will anybody care about others if your own species is demented. More importantly, it homogenizes animals, reducing all their diversity by just calling them animals, grouping fishes, insects, dogs, cats, snakes and parrots. I found that rather Cartesian, something the novelist would have aimed to critique.

If you have finished reading this book you should watch the 'Dominion' documentary by the Animal Transparency Project on YouTube.

Extreme gory, horror & scary book. This isnt like a story or a plot, it’s as if the writer reports of things happening in a dystopian universe. Keep away from children or weak-minded adults. It can give U nightmares. The narration of capitalising human meat consumption, making it legal is written clear & concisely, easy to understand of how that world operates making breeding humans as livestock. Finished this in 6hrs. Gruesome, but a curious-filled read. Am going to watch cartoon movies now to ease my mind.

Quite disturbing. I am going to think of this for long time.

So the thing is however different a person may seem at first, deep inside we all are an animal who on a given scenario may end up eating each other one day. Nobody is an exception to this. Now coming to the book, it is well translated from spanish by sarah mosses, so points for that. The story is from the 3rd person view. It is fast paced and not too long. The ending will definitely leave a mark on the reader and will stay lingering in the mind for some days surely. This is a very unique kind of dystopian horror novel that shakes the reasoning of its readers. Where are we headed to with all this overpopulation is a vital question it asks on a very subtle note. This is one of my best reads this year and overall ranks high in the list of my most liked books. I will highly recommend it but will also suggest proceeding with caution since it is high on difficult and disturbing topics.

I really enjoyed the book. I had the weirdest dreams though