BOOKS OF THE MONTH

The best science fiction, fantasy and horror

Lisa Tuttle

The Unworthy By Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses Another dystopian horror from the author of Tender Is the Flesh, this one is focused on a religious cult after civilisational collapse. The narrator has found refuge from the dangerous wastelands behind the walls of a repurposed monastery, ruled over by a whip-wielding Superior Sister on behalf of an unseen, nameless “He”. Only young, unblemished women are allowed to join the Sacred Sisterhood; they begin as the Unworthy, but hope to be Chosen, although this means they will be mutilated – eyes sewn shut, tongue removed, eardrums pierced – to serve as conduits to the hidden God. The flagellations and bloodlettings are all too familiar from De Sade and other perverse fantasies, and while there is some very fine writing, it…

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Guardian Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, 14 March 2025

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