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Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

32 reviews

bookishperseus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

gwenswoons's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

So unusual and truly marvelous in the most literal sense. I LOVED You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty, one of my favorites of the last many years, and thought Vivek Oji was amazing too; but this is my first YA of Emezi’s, and I wasn’t sure what it might be like. But it’s gorgeous - their writing always stuns me and leaves me breathless and this is no different. I thought it was truly incredible, in a work that is so accessible for younger readers, to have language so eloquent and perfumed in the way Emezi’s always is, and to be able to approach the heaviest and most devastating topics of humanity with a light enough touch that a younger reader could live inside this story. I’m not someone who loves fantasy  - I don’t read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy, and sometimes supernatural elements lose me a little bit - but Emezi’s writing is just so beautiful and so compelling at every turn that I didn’t even give a thought to whether or not I believed what was happening (I just: did). Same, somehow, too, with the allegorical/archetypal elements: these could be so obvious and heavy-handed on another writer’s desk, and yet Emezi’s world building and story crafting are so exquisite that every element of the story - every word, every turn of phrase and plot - feels inevitable. Such a gorgeous read, and I thought the audio was gorgeously narrated, too, by Christopher Myers (something about this book as a dark fairytale/ parable worked really beautifully for me in audio format and I feel like Myers really captured for readers that feeling of listening to a story - so good).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and War

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

jacobshere's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Transphobia

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I think this was a great book overall. I really enjoyed the creativity behind the main character, Pet, and the evolution of Jam’s story. The Author did a fabulous job of painting a whole picture.

Trigger warning: Sexual assault, child molestation, cursing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

ttreadsya's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book is very important but also very dark! I wasn't ready for how dark this book got at times, but i did actually enjoy it the way the book didn't shy away from more horrific topics or descriptions. 

I felt as though the main character didnt have as much of a personality as she mother and thats the i couldnt give this more then 3.5 because i just felt that the characters other then the mom were lacking.

I like the mutism aspect and little minor details regarding that as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Transphobia

summerb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and Alcohol

transfluff's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Transphobia, Vomit, and Alcohol

mel_j's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

That was brutally beautiful. What a wonderful, important book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Blood

Moderate: Transphobia

morebedsidebooks's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, and Blood

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Transphobia, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Classism