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A review by reads2cope
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
2.75
“On the morning of her wedding, Piglet awoke in the dark, curtains closed, to the feeling of Christmas, to the feeling of a funeral.”
I flew through this book, but despite that and the intense second-hand embarrassment and horror, not much gripped me. Maybe I’ve been a vegetarian for too long for the dripping meat descriptions to appeal, but I think it was also a lack of follow-through that disappointed me. For a book about women’s hunger, and especially one that touched on eating disorders, we only received the most surface level information about Piglet's relationship with her body. She feels too tall, she wears glasses, and she’s bigger than her posh mother-in-law to-be, but I wanted more from her on her ideas of her body, and especially more on her relationship with her sister.
I flew through this book, but despite that and the intense second-hand embarrassment and horror, not much gripped me. Maybe I’ve been a vegetarian for too long for the dripping meat descriptions to appeal, but I think it was also a lack of follow-through that disappointed me. For a book about women’s hunger, and especially one that touched on eating disorders, we only received the most surface level information about Piglet's relationship with her body. She feels too tall, she wears glasses, and she’s bigger than her posh mother-in-law to-be, but I wanted more from her on her ideas of her body, and especially more on her relationship with her sister.