A review by seanceandasong
Piglet by Lottie Hazell

reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It took me a while to gel with this book but about 120 pages in it all clicked into place for me as I realised what it was doing. Lottie Hazell makes such a bold creative decision which will no doubt piss people off, but in my opinion is what makes the book as good as it is. This paired with some truly stomach-churningly uncomfortable scenes makes Piglet what will no doubt be one of my favourite books I read this year.

The central conflict of this book revolves around our titular character Piglet learning a terrible truth about her fiancé Kit two weeks before they're due to be married. However, the reader never finds out what it is that he did. I'm sure this makes a bunch of people who read this book mad but it's what brings the whole book together. This decision makes the reader project their own anxieties and insecurities and worst case scenarios onto the big secret - this provokes far more intense feelings, and makes the reader more involved in the story than any definitive answer to the question ever could. I got an inkling that that's what the book was doing just over a third of the way through and spent so much of the rest of it hoping I was right. I'm so so glad that it delivered
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