Tender Is the Flesh

Cadavere squisito è un romanzo fantascientifico decisamente intrigante che parte da una situazione distopica (tutti gli animali sono diventati intoccabili e immangiabili, quindi il cannibalismo è legalizzato) e si sviluppa sulle giornate di Marcos, protagonista unico di cui seguiamo la vita di tutti i giorni. Il romanzo è breve, ma se fosse stato più lungo sarebbe stato troppo pesante e, forse, troppo "diluito".

Avrei anche dato 5 stelle, ma ne tolgo mezza perché a un certo punto il finale è, per me, abbastanza scontato.

This book made me feel disgusted in a way that a book has never made me feel. It was really fascinating, and upsetting, and I'm glad it's over. I'm not a huge fan of the horror genre, so perhaps it wasn't for me. But, as brutal as this book was, and how clearly allegorical it was, it surprisingly did not have a lot to say beyond "imagine what it would be like if we had industrialized meat but made from humans". Maybe it did say something more than that (it did seem to touch on the topic of how we so easily can dehumanize others), but I didn't grasp it. ANYWAY, it was okay, thanks TikTok for the recommendation.

Wow. This book really shook me and I have a lot of thoughts about it. Too many to post on Goodreads, so check out my full review on my blog. (Warning for spoilers)

This book is short. I think that is a good thing. What the book has to is interesting and valuable to think about but it says one thing well and even though the book was short it started to feel long. I was very happy that I finished the book and didn't set it down. I think this would be a good book club book ( with the right people ) or just a book to talk about -- the discussion of the book was better than the book , to me.

Following the spread of a virus that makes animal meat deahtly to humans, society turns to produce "special meat", humans engineered to be eaten. Tender is the Flesh takes you to the frightening daily life of the "meat hunter" of a processing plant, charged with contracts, meat quality etc. The story starts slow but becomes more and more frightening as the pages go and you're unable to let it go until the very end. It left me a deep mark and brought me quite a lot of things to think about.

A revolting dystopia, disturbing and dark, beautifully written.