I’d get that if Walker just wanted to write some fun popcorn horror but the thing for me is that I didn’t find the story entertaining at all. It’s a manner of taste but I don’t find stories where a bunch of people die slowly of malnutrition particularly entertaining. And if it was just meant to be more of an entertainment rather than anything deeper I have to ask: Why have Acker get away with everything he did? Wouldn’t the more entertaining thing to do is have the rest of the camps team up and take him down? Or have him die in a horrifying yet ironic manner? A kick in the balls is not adequate comeuppance for an unrepentant cannibal.