Reviews with content warning for Domestic abuse - Pet

This was incredible, but very hard to read at times. Akwaeke Emezi is a fantastic storyteller who was able to create an amazing, emotional, whimsical story that was so very dark and heartbreaking, but with a message that was so very optimistic. What a masterpiece!

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book was great! I loved the themes and plot of it. I wasn't quite sure what the 'angels' were and the 'monsters'. Though that became very apparent at the ending. I thought it was a beautiful story about friendship and helping each other.

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adventurous dark inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

3.5*

I struggled to rate this as either a 3 or 4, so I went for the middle.

Pet is a short book at just over 200 pages. I originally found it when searching for middle grade books with LGBT+ characters, but this is definitely not MG. It’s YA, but minus the swearing and the overall theme, kinda reads like MG.

It’s a fairly quick read and the story’s pace is fairly quick. I did enjoy the story overall, but I just would have loved for it to be a bit longer and maybe include more world building. The concept is very interesting but isn’t really developed further than finding the monster in Redemption’s house

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podanotherjessi's review against another edition

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challenging emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

I really wanted to like this, but I just couldn't get into it. Everything was so wrapped in metaphor that it lost any emotional impact for me. The message was a nice one, and I could see it being good for a younger audience, but it was so abstract. It just didn't hit me quite right.

Characters: 6
Plot: 8
Setting: 6
General appeal: 5
Writing style: 5
Originality: 10
Ending: 6

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futureofmydays's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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