The Unworthy is Agustina Bazterrica follow up novel to Tender is the Flesh. This is a dark tense sliver of a book, told in stolen moments by our narrator. She lives in the cloistered secretive, ultra-violent religious order as the rest of the world is in chaos due to climate crises. I found myself drawing comparisons to Margaret Atwood''s The Handmaid's Tale throughout, with similar themes of ideological extremism and the abuse of power. I would recommend this book for those wanting a dark horror novel for the twenty-first century.

Wow, a truly terrifying, engrossing, and rich nightmare of a post-apocalyptic world. Couldn't put it down!

Immaculate prose. Beautiful, mesmerizing sequence of events that leave a sense of melancholia and horror. I adored it. 5 stars.

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC!

This was super interesting! I loved the prose and premise of the book (weird nuns!!!) and as it explored deeper, I got really invested in the post apocalyptic setting. Very neat read!