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PET by Akwaeke Emezi
4.0
This book is beautiful and heartbreaking. I loved the writing, multiple lines made me pause and just consider, they were so simple but impactful. I really loved Jam as a protagonist. She is selectively mute most of the time, so she's very introverted and the majority of her thoughts and processing is done internally which made for a super interesting protagonist
Jam lives in Lucille a city that, until a generation ago, was overrun by monsters. Thankfully, the angels overthrow all of these monstrous atrocities and everyone now lives in peace...until a creature approaches Jam and informs her that there is a monster lurking somewhere in the city, and it's been sent to hunt it down
The rep in this book is incredible, and is integrated effortlessly into the story. Our main character, Jam, is a trans girl, her best friend has three parents in a polygamous relationship, one of whom goes by they/them pronouns. And it's all done so chill, which I always appreciate, than rep being shoehorned in for the sake of it
This book reminded me a little in tone and weirdness to Other Words for Smoke, which I also really enjoyed. It's also a little like Scythe in its concept: a utopia where all evils, or monsters in this world have been eradicated. Abuse, homophobia, transphobia: all of these monsters were banished by her parents' generation before Jam was born
I really appreciate the message of this book. I can't really get into it without spoiling the plot, but I got about halfway through before being bowled over by what was happening and what the book was doing. It was made even more impactful for being seen through a child's eyes
Jam lives in Lucille a city that, until a generation ago, was overrun by monsters. Thankfully, the angels overthrow all of these monstrous atrocities and everyone now lives in peace...until a creature approaches Jam and informs her that there is a monster lurking somewhere in the city, and it's been sent to hunt it down
The rep in this book is incredible, and is integrated effortlessly into the story. Our main character, Jam, is a trans girl, her best friend has three parents in a polygamous relationship, one of whom goes by they/them pronouns. And it's all done so chill, which I always appreciate, than rep being shoehorned in for the sake of it
This book reminded me a little in tone and weirdness to Other Words for Smoke, which I also really enjoyed. It's also a little like Scythe in its concept: a utopia where all evils, or monsters in this world have been eradicated. Abuse, homophobia, transphobia: all of these monsters were banished by her parents' generation before Jam was born
I really appreciate the message of this book. I can't really get into it without spoiling the plot, but I got about halfway through before being bowled over by what was happening and what the book was doing. It was made even more impactful for being seen through a child's eyes