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Piglet: A Novel by Lottie Hazell

5 reviews

jordan21's review against another edition

funny 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? Yes

4.5

This was the fastest book I’ve read in years! Through humor and imagery, the author touches on class, womanhood, motherhood and body image. Piglet is a complex, relatable main character and I appreciated that the disordered eating the title suggests was a part of her personality and not the entire plot.

I was dying to know her fiance’s secret I’m devastated!!

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teresaelj's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

This book has me in a tizzy- incredibly easy to read until Kit reveals his betrayal - which we as an audience never know. Perhaps myself as a more fully fledged person hated this book because I’ve watched women deny their own wants and desires and worth too much that this book bothered me. I didn’t find it realistic and maybe that’s kinda the point- I never imagined a woman could vote for trump… yet here we are.

I like so many others. Hated every character- I found almost everyone in this book INCREDIBLY selfish; people who seemed to take more - more little piggies themselves - than pippa who is clearly starving herself because it’s what she’s suppose to. No wonder she’s so hungry, she’s trying to save everything; her sister; her fiancé; her job; her family ; when it comes to herself the only thing that mirrors back is
everyone else.

A lot is packed into this book and I find this quote from another review sums it up

“ Piglet” is a book about the power of appetite, denied and indulged. It’s about the proper way for women to package gluttony and the ways society has condemned. Host dinner parties, do Pilates, slough the skins off a thousand chickpeas to make the perfect hummus, you’re a madonna. Suck grease from your fingers, wolf pastries, refuse a pre-wedding fast, you’re a problem. But “Piglet” tears apart that packaging and licks it clean, en route to its own kind of happy ending.

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