He is legally allowed to keep her which he does rather than sending her to be slaughtered but the question of what he should do with her weighs on him.Įventually Marcos ends up breaking the law by sleeping with the woman who he has named Jasmine and as a result she becomes pregnant with his child. FGP humans are those born and breed in captivity and fetch a much higher price due to their supposed flavour and at first Marcos doesn’t know what to do with her. We follow Marcos through his daily routine of slaughtering humans as well as buying them from breeding establishments and it is clear to see that these people are being treated the exact same way animals that used to be bred for consumption were which takes away a lot of their humans and everything is seemingly fine in Marcos’ life until he is gifted a Frist Generation Pure female. Marcos’ life is following his normal routine although he has never actually become comfortable with the idea of slaughtering humans and after the death of his son he actually refuses to eat meat although few people know this. He is also dealing with a senile father and a sister who couldn’t care less about him or their father despite how much she acts otherwise. Marcos is a very complex characters as he is grieving for his son Leo that died presumably from something like SIDS and is missing his wife who is dealing with the loss of their son in her own way. We are following Marcos who is in the business of slaughtering humans after a virus left all animals completely inedible to humans.

Tender is the Flesh was an amazing novel that really shone in term of its horror and gore elements which are down played but really shine through as well as it psychological elements which left me stunned. Title: Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

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