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I reread this for a book group. I guess I will keep the 4 stars. It was interesting in comparison to Tender is the Flesh which I read this year. Both are about human beings being bred as food. I think Under the Skin does a better job because in this book humans are being eaten by alien beings rather than other humans and so the issue of killing living beings for food seems more nuanced. Eating your own species seems like something no being could do. But eating other species is something most of
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I've had this book since 2014, glad to finally finish it. It was a quick read. I did not know that the author, Micehl Faber, is considered to be a Scottish Author (he lives there now), a Dutch author (he was born there), and an Australian author (most of his school years were spent there). According to Wikipedia, his themes are not particular to any of the countries but "European".
Under the Skin is the first of his books to be published. This story is science fiction and horror. The protagonist ...more
Under the Skin is the first of his books to be published. This story is science fiction and horror. The protagonist ...more

is Michel Faber's empathy experiment, carried out through the vehicle of Isserley and her hitchhikers. The emotions run the gamut, fear, anticipation, boredom, ecstasy, hatred. For whom should Isserley, and ultimately we, have mercy?
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May 13, 2011
Charisma
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