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Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses: Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback, 2020, Scribner) 5 stars

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though …

I'd probably read a book about what Carol Adams' thoughts on one. I think the general story of this book is inventive, but the violence it depicts is not. I looked up to see if Bazterrica was vegan and found an article saying she went vegan after watching Earthlings, which explains why the violence in this books feels so familiar. As I read the book I continually thought to myself "yeah, that's how it happens". Knowing Bazterrica is vegan softens the resentment I felt towards it, but it still feels a little lazy. Maybe thats the point, on the nose metaphors (?) to paint the picture of the horrors animals suffer in slaughter houses and labs.

Something about this book's popularity doesn't sit well with me. Not because it isn't deserved, but because a man on the train who saw me reading it told me how much he liked it …

@realityasylumreads even though I’m vegan I didn’t think about this from that perspective. I mean like briefly but not as the focus. Maybe that’s weird. I left a comment (not review) on this book where I found this quote: “Tender Is the Flesh is a meditation on what capitalism is – it teaches us to naturalise cruelty….Capitalism and cannibalism are almost the same, you know?” —from the author.