A review by notoriousesr
Piglet by Lottie Hazell

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Our narrator, nicknamed “Piglet” by her family, has the picture-perfect life: a sweet, rich fiancé, a beautiful home in Oxford, and an in-the-bag promotion at her cookbook editing job. But when her fiancé Kit reveals a betrayal two weeks before their wedding, she starts to spiral out of control. Most of all, she’s hungry. Really, really hungry.

Piglet is a solid 3.5 stars for me. I don’t think it did anything revolutionary, but it was a good, solid book about women, eating, and how women+eating=revolutionary desire. It has the satisfying structure of a runaway train that had me genuinely stressed, and I was invested enough that Piglet’s shames and defeats churned in my stomach (especially if I was eating). The commentary on class was particularly sharp, and emphasized beautifully by the Rebekah Hinds’s great accent work in the audiobook. My one big obstacle to giving this four stars is (mild spoiler)... we don’t know what Kit did. Everybody in the goddamn world finds out how this man betrayed her... but the reader! It was a huge distraction for me, as it’s literally the fulcrum on which the entire plot hinges. Overall, 3.5 out of 5 croquembouches.