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Why are reviewers not acknowledging the fact that entire premise is utterly ridiculous? A virus that can get past the immune system of every animal except human? The idea that ANYBODY would want to eat people just because they can’t get their morning bacon or cheeky Nandos, let alone enough people to make cannibalism government policy?
Electric Paul, I think you are absolutely right in this case. I really wanted to like this book, but could not because everything is set up in a way that makes…morePaul, I think you are absolutely right in this case. I really wanted to like this book, but could not because everything is set up in a way that makes you look for the plausible explanation. I love Kafka, or Borges, or Poe, or Lem...and I never question the plausibility of their tales because they make it very clear that it is not about that - Kafka does not explain in the slightest, why that poor guy wakes up as a bug. This author, on the other hand, wants to explain everything - but falls short. I still loved the quality of the writing. (less)
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Paul Beardsley Thank you very much for this. One of the few sensible replies. Most of the others are along the lines of, “Hurr, it’s fiction, it no have to make sens ...more
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Tender Is the Flesh
by Agustina Bazterrica
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