this book was straight up disgusting and unsettling in every way. what’s even more disturbing (and intriguing) is that a lot of descriptions ab the processing plants and whatnot are told very factually. i did find that this book heavily relied on shock value in order to appeal readers; however, as someone pretty unfamiliar w the abuse that goes on in the meat industry, this is maybe just a natural reaction to seeing what goes on there for the first time. there wasn’t much of a dynamic plot to this book imo; rather, it just gave a snapshot of this dystopian world where cannibalism is completely normalized. 

i wonder if this book would function better if this cannibal world were just presented as an alternate reality where it has always been like this? rather than having it been like our government made up a virus that killed all the animals? idk i just had a rlly hard time believing the setup for the cannibal dystopia — how did nobody doubt the virus existence? and how did everyone become to complacent to cannibalism in such a short amount of time? 

it was definitely an intriguing yet horrifying concept, and the ending absolutely broke my heart. while it was unexpected, it was also foreshadowed many times. Marcos is so evil. so sad