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A review by alfienumeric
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
"Piglet" is the main character's childhood nickname that has stuck with her well into her adult life. She seems to have everything together- a career in culinary publishing, a wedding to prepare for, a doting fiance and a family emotionally supporting her.
Days leading up to the wedding, Kit, her fiance has confessed a devastating admittance that soon made Piglet start to question her perfect world.
"Piglet" is a novel sheds light on how far a person would go to stay quiet with people who have done wrong towards them, just to keep the peace and to hold a façade. This isn't only pertaining to the betrayal Kit has done to Piglet, but how everyone in her family may contribute the million nicks that eventually leads to Piglet wanting to take action in reclaiming her life.
Even though I enjoyed reading this book and the pacing is fine, this book read slow for me. There are no explosive events that would make the story march faster. Looking back, that uncomfortable feeling on my part may be tied to wanting Piglet to hurry and make drastic decision. Instead, I had to watch in real time as she endures insufferable moments of events that should have given her great joy and happiness.
What also kept me going is reading to find out exactly what Kit did. Spoiler alert: It is never really said but it is major enough for when Piglet did tell someone what happened, that person couldn't believe she is continuing the wedding. I had to finally let go of needing to know that detail when at the end of the day, that detail did not matter and to rely on how Piglet is emotionally reacting to it.
Days leading up to the wedding, Kit, her fiance has confessed a devastating admittance that soon made Piglet start to question her perfect world.
"Piglet" is a novel sheds light on how far a person would go to stay quiet with people who have done wrong towards them, just to keep the peace and to hold a façade. This isn't only pertaining to the betrayal Kit has done to Piglet, but how everyone in her family may contribute the million nicks that eventually leads to Piglet wanting to take action in reclaiming her life.
Even though I enjoyed reading this book and the pacing is fine, this book read slow for me. There are no explosive events that would make the story march faster. Looking back, that uncomfortable feeling on my part may be tied to wanting Piglet to hurry and make drastic decision. Instead, I had to watch in real time as she endures insufferable moments of events that should have given her great joy and happiness.
What also kept me going is reading to find out exactly what Kit did. Spoiler alert: It is never really said but it is major enough for when Piglet did tell someone what happened, that person couldn't believe she is continuing the wedding. I had to finally let go of needing to know that detail when at the end of the day, that detail did not matter and to rely on how Piglet is emotionally reacting to it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship