I read this a while back. I like disturbing and dystopian books. This didn’t disappoint. I think I’m scarred for life.
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I would think the obvious solution would be veganism, but who am i...
I mean the book surely has some response to this, otherwise it would be unreadable for me...
Metaphors must be rough. Start out with the prequel “a Modest Proposal” by Johnathan Swift and maybe it will fill out some of the lore.
There is a lot of very unrealistic stuff in the book. People surviving procedures and operations nobody could survive, everyone accepting humans as food WAY too fast, ect.
Considering that the US is about 30 days away from the hunger games, this sounds more like a prophecy than a fiction book.
I just noticed you posted this comment exactly 30 days before the new movie is released...Was that intentional?
I had no idea there was even a new one coming out—I’m not really a fan of the series. I meant it more in the metaphorical way—that the US is 30 days away from forcing the poor to kill each other for the entertainment of the billlionaires.
We all know it wouldn’t be called the hunger games though. It would probably be called The Big Beautiful America 250 Make Combat Great Oh Say Can You See Third Term Trump UFC Red White Blue And Gold Extravaganza.
Such a good book. You might not have made it that far, but its more or less stated that what really happened was
- The virus comes out
- Meat industry and meat lobby still exists
- Lobbies to make human meat legal to eat
- Spreads a bunch of stories about people eating each other due to lack of meat
- Corrupt politicians give in to the lobby
But its not really important. Its background noise to the story. The story is about the dude and about the society and about how we view women and animals and each other. Its a book that could not have been written by a man.
That's a good ass book. I read it while locked up. Got me wondering what kind of meat they would serve in jails and prisons if this ever happened
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