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Having to change my review because the more I think about this book as it sits with me, the further my enjoyment of it increases. Especially after reading Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfett which is tonally and thematically similar in many ways. Things have gotten worse since we last spoke and my desperation of loving you and wanting to be loved hasn't changed.

I am sorry Eric LaRocca, I should have given myself more time to ruminate on what you wrote.

Sometimes a book is just okay.

There was subtle commentary on racism and the concept of "race" in general, but I think I would have enjoyed further exploration into themes of that and colonisation (briefly touched on with the character of Urlet) which feel only lightly explored within the narrative.

Don't listen to people on reddit though, this book is much better than the mess which is D'Lacey's 'Meat'. 'Tender is the Flesh' is a much more convincing and realistic narrative than the superhuman powers of vegetarianism that 'Meat' presents. 'Tender is the Flesh' dually has a much greater ideological depth and narrative than D'Lacey's self-aggrandising and shallow narrative on the horrors of the contemporary meat industry.

I don't know how to rate this book, but I spent the second half of the book crying, wiping tears from my eyes as I turned to the next page.

The love they all felt for that child was so beautifully transferred onto paper, I could feel it in my bones, the aching of love.