The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica
The Unworthy is the highly anticipated new novel from the author of Tender is the Flesh, and it did not disappoint. It’s a mix of genres: eco-horror, dystopian fiction, cult horror, literary fiction… In other words, this one is going to please a lot of readers across many genres. It follows an unnamed woman who writes the story of her life in secret while hidden away in a convent among a violent religious order called the Sacred Sisterhood. But as terrifying as life inside the convent might be, the chaos of the outside world is even worse. Then a stranger joins the lowest ranks of the Sisterhood, deemed the “unworthy,” alongside our narrator, and the two women team up to uncover the secrets of the religion to which they have sworn their lives. I read this book in one sitting, and I did cry my eyes out.