Understated, but still very brutal. An honest look at how disgusting and awful people can be to each other. Not for the faint of heart, not a book to enjoy, but a very thought-provoking one all the same.

The commentary on who/what makes a human and who is worthy of life or not reminded me of some portions of NBC's Hannibal, although this was a lot more horrific in gruesome simply because of the sheer scope/normalization of cannibalism in the world of the novel.