Tender is the Flesh

Very interesting book, given the world is already heading towards it’s demise. But the book? Great quality covers and thick sturdy pages.

Niceeee ......

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

This is absolutely disgusting but sucks you in! I read it cover to cover in one day. The twists are subtle but jaw dropping at times. I will recommend to friends with a strong stomach.

I liked the story and the themes it presented but at the end it felt kind of rushed as if the author had nothing else to talk about. I also wish the characters were more fleshed out because at times I would confuse each character have to re read sections to see if it was another character or a new one other than that it’s a good read. The ending was a shock lol

Novela de lectura rápida que no te deja indiferente. No apta para lectores aprensivos. Sitúa al lector en un futuro distópico en què los humanos no pueden comer animales, por lo que recurren a la carne humana, que crían en granjas, con leyes y normas para regularlo. La normalización es lo que pone los pelos de punta y no puedes dejar de pensar cómo podría llegar a ser posible, o no ...

Finished reading almost a year ago, and I'm still thinking about it. The ending is spectacular, truly a joy to see that such stories can still be written in the abyss of contemporary unoriginality.

The book was intriguing, could stop reading it to be honest. I personally didn’t think the ending was shocking at all. I was told that this was a super creepy book but after reading it I just don’t think it’s all that terrifying. I will say however I was quite creeped out by how it was made to seem that harvesting people could actually be something to happen irl.