Author: Augustina Bazterrica
The novel presents a virus that turns animal meat poisonous to humans causing humans to slaughter every non-human animal and begin factory farming human beings for food instead. The premise and set up had so much potential. It dragged and plotted out the set up for 100 pages and the buildup just disappointed, the derailing protagonists character development felt unnerving, so close to creating a morally gray character. But ended up just making it uncomfortable; very clear distinction was created immediately. Rushed last scene and abrupt cut off. Wasted potential.
“Does this pose a moral dilemma for you? Do you find it atrocious?” he asks. “Not at all. The human being is complex, and I find the vile acts, contradictions, and sublimities characteristic of our condition astonishing. Our existence would be an exasperating shade of gray if we were all flawless.”