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bridgetpeach's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Like, I get it....but I hate it....but I'm supportive of it....but I wish it wasn't the way it was and I dislike all the characters.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, and Classism
carojust's review against another edition
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
A great debut from Lottie Hazell. I love how this book plays with the reader, keeping us in the dark, but expecting us to see through it.
Piglet is preparing for her wedding, and her perfect life is broken by her fiancée's admission of something horrible he's done. She's disoriented, forcing herself through the motions up until her wedding day, binging on food to quell the horror.
The author also accompanies Piglet with other characters -- her pregnant best friend, her co-workers, her sister, her mother and future mother-in-law -- who all show the different choices we make as women, and the cards we're dealt. Hazell seems to focus on motherhood and marriage, and how they're presented as the only paths forward.
The most obvious and devastating metaphor is how Piglet is the roast on the dinner table, eaten alive, while sold the dream of settling for an unbearable married life and identity ahead.
I love that we never know what Kit did. We fill in the blank ourselves with our own trauma, disappointments, worst fears. The assumption is that he cheated, and it's so banal and understood, that it's not worth mentioning, and I'm obsessed with this.
You'll like this book if you want a sinister take on domestic bliss, class disparity, societal pressures on women, and some delicious food writing.
Piglet is preparing for her wedding, and her perfect life is broken by her fiancée's admission of something horrible he's done. She's disoriented, forcing herself through the motions up until her wedding day, binging on food to quell the horror.
The author also accompanies Piglet with other characters -- her pregnant best friend, her co-workers, her sister, her mother and future mother-in-law -- who all show the different choices we make as women, and the cards we're dealt. Hazell seems to focus on motherhood and marriage, and how they're presented as the only paths forward.
The most obvious and devastating metaphor is how Piglet is the roast on the dinner table, eaten alive, while sold the dream of settling for an unbearable married life and identity ahead.
You'll like this book if you want a sinister take on domestic bliss, class disparity, societal pressures on women, and some delicious food writing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, and Pregnancy
kkpines's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
bronwyningoldsby's review against another edition
emotional
tense
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder and Fatphobia
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
drmathews777's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Disclaimer: I am not an English major college graduate - Science for me, I do not look further than what I read in a novel I receive - no deep dives on authors, my reviews are for consumers and not for authors.
I happily received an ARC of Piglet by Lottie Hazell estimated release 02/27/24 (March 2024 on the print).
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Spoiler Review with Trigger Warnings
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I don't feel that this is good for anyone who has any issues with food. Trigger warning for anorexia athletica, binge eating disorder, anyone with an unhealthy relationship with food, and people with poor boundary setting/ poor impulse control.
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Piglet is a melancholy tale of a cookbook editor who is in the throes of a scandal right before her wedding. It's like a mix of the great British bake-off and the full train wreck meltdown of the subject's personal life and love life. Heavy elements of classism and eating disorders.
Many people are describing this as a masterpiece because it's tale of someone who likes to perceive themselves a certain way coming to grips with the truth that their perfectly curated life isn't so perfect. And maybe they themselves aren't the person they think they are when it all falls apart. True vulnerability doesn't come through until its too late and clamming up, eating feelings, isolating herself got Piglet into matrimonial hell.
Page 197-198 choked me up though. The struggled through the daughter father relationship when your child knows about your past indiscretions. I had waited on baited breath on what advice her father would give her. I was swiftly reminded that there was a history of infidelity in the past so he felt some measure of requirement to back up her mother's own decisions to stay and work out out long ago.
I appreciated the self awareness of the pretense and posture of keeping up with the Jones' at this point of the novel.
I found the food element evolving from very descriptive at first to less descriptive of the actual food but more so of the volume of it a subtle way of highlighting the binge eating aspect.
What resonated with me most was page 239, "he was pulling her forward and I had to fight the urge to yank back twist my arm out of his, a child refusing, the beginnings of a tantrum". I felt the exact same with first fiancé years ago. You just want to run as soon as you know it's not right but for some reason you don't ever do it soon enough.
The transition between Piglet and Mrs. Edwards was the fever pitch of the novel. Her brother-in-law shows up for her in a great way towards the end and you can really see the family come together to be in her corner at this point.
It concluded a little abruptly but in a perfect way in my opinion.
Overall a good read. Very melancholic, very reflective on society today. If recommend it to anyone who likes reading slice of life and downward spirals.
I happily received an ARC of Piglet by Lottie Hazell estimated release 02/27/24 (March 2024 on the print).
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Spoiler Review with Trigger Warnings
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I don't feel that this is good for anyone who has any issues with food. Trigger warning for anorexia athletica, binge eating disorder, anyone with an unhealthy relationship with food, and people with poor boundary setting/ poor impulse control.
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Piglet is a melancholy tale of a cookbook editor who is in the throes of a scandal right before her wedding. It's like a mix of the great British bake-off and the full train wreck meltdown of the subject's personal life and love life. Heavy elements of classism and eating disorders.
Many people are describing this as a masterpiece because it's tale of someone who likes to perceive themselves a certain way coming to grips with the truth that their perfectly curated life isn't so perfect. And maybe they themselves aren't the person they think they are when it all falls apart. True vulnerability doesn't come through until its too late and clamming up, eating feelings, isolating herself got Piglet into matrimonial hell.
Page 197-198 choked me up though. The struggled through the daughter father relationship when your child knows about your past indiscretions. I had waited on baited breath on what advice her father would give her. I was swiftly reminded that there was a history of infidelity in the past so he felt some measure of requirement to back up her mother's own decisions to stay and work out out long ago.
I appreciated the self awareness of the pretense and posture of keeping up with the Jones' at this point of the novel.
I found the food element evolving from very descriptive at first to less descriptive of the actual food but more so of the volume of it a subtle way of highlighting the binge eating aspect.
What resonated with me most was page 239, "he was pulling her forward and I had to fight the urge to yank back twist my arm out of his, a child refusing, the beginnings of a tantrum". I felt the exact same with first fiancé years ago. You just want to run as soon as you know it's not right but for some reason you don't ever do it soon enough.
The transition between Piglet and Mrs. Edwards was the fever pitch of the novel. Her brother-in-law shows up for her in a great way towards the end and you can really see the family come together to be in her corner at this point.
It concluded a little abruptly but in a perfect way in my opinion.
Overall a good read. Very melancholic, very reflective on society today. If recommend it to anyone who likes reading slice of life and downward spirals.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Classism
celticthistle's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Glorious dark, disgusting yet funny at same time
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Grief, and Pregnancy