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lavendar_fr0g's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The scenes are gruesome, detailed in a wonderful way but nothing special if you’ve a reader of extreme horror in general. To people who aren’t used to intense horror and gore, it’ll definitely be a hard one to get through.
I strangely felt more sad than horrified, but there’s something nice about that- horror doesn’t always have to just scare you; it can invoke other emotions too. The ending surprised me, but looking back at the course of the book- it makes sense.
Don’t go in expecting for the protagonist to change the world and society (a common trend in dystopians); he’s complicit in it. A participator and even an enforcer.
Graphic: Pregnancy, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Blood, and Gore
Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Death, Child death, and Death of parent
Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
pantslint's review
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Murder, Rape, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Dementia, Animal death, Slavery, Torture, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Miscarriage
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Vomit, and Alcohol
thejazziestbean's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Murder, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Body horror, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Blood, Abandonment, Animal death, and Classism
underscoremeg's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
In the future, the animals of the world come down with a virus that is lethal to humans, making them unable to be eaten. Because of this, humans have resorted to commercializing cannibalism.
The main character is the manager of a meat processing plant and the book follows him through his experiences working with other businesses in the meat market, including breeders, hunters, butchers, and leather goods. We see the world through his perspective, learning his feelings about the state of the world as well as his own personal life and challenges.
This book was described to me as deeply disturbing and disgusting. I wasn’t bothered by much of the gore. There is DEFINITELY gore, but it’s all described in such a detached manner that it’s really not a body horror disgust. The horror of this book was much more mental for me - the thought of humans being raised to be slaughtered for meat is crazy.
The book takes things a step further, though, when the main character is gifted a female and he slowly begins to treat her like a real person, rather than an animal to be slaughtered.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Death, Animal death, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Grief
krispi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Classism, Body horror, Gore, Medical content, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, Torture, Animal death, Blood, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Infertility, Alcoholism, Child death, Dementia, Violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, and Death of parent
localghoulie's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Cannibalism, Sexual violence, Gore, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror
Moderate: Dementia, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Infertility
blueyapologist's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Torture, Drug use, Animal death, Addiction, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Blood, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Chronic illness, Body horror, Dementia, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Infertility, Grief, Gore, Cursing, Confinement, Classism, Cannibalism, Alcoholism, Murder, Misogyny, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Racism, Genocide, Car accident, and Animal cruelty
lyzasage's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Trafficking, Torture, Genocide, Child death, Blood, Rape, Body horror, Death, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Dementia, Medical content, Animal death, Grief, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Car accident, Cursing, Homophobia, Death of parent, Addiction, Infidelity, Classism, Abortion, Child abuse, Antisemitism, Excrement, Infertility, and Alcoholism
sknselena's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Body horror, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Child death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism
nialiversuch's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Torture, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Trafficking, and Violence