A review by growplantsreadbooks
Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías

dark emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Alongside The Road and Severance, this is now one of my favorite dystopians. Haunting prose sinks you into the fog and shows you why some choose to stand on the tracks when they can see the train coming. A poinient blend of environmental, pandemic, and societal horror that never feels like it's trying to cover too many bases. The descriptions of those suffering from exposure to the red wind and of the pink slime they were relagated to eat were at times stomach churning. What really sets this story apart is that the protagonist is an older, childless, divorced woman, and that it investigates the love nannies have for the children they care for and how sometimes it's stronger than between parent & child. I was nervous that the descriptions of the child would veer into fatphobia, but I think his singularly focused hunger was an appropriate metaphor. Our protagonist didn't have a particularly good life, but I never once pitied her. Buckle up! Pink Slime is heading for beaches & store shelves near you (;
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