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A review by teresaelj
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
This book has me in a tizzy- incredibly easy to read until Kit reveals his betrayal - which we as an audience never know. Perhaps myself as a more fully fledged person hated this book because I’ve watched women deny their own wants and desires and worth too much that this book bothered me. I didn’t find it realistic and maybe that’s kinda the point- I never imagined a woman could vote for trump… yet here we are.
I like so many others. Hated every character- I found almost everyone in this book INCREDIBLY selfish; people who seemed to take more - more little piggies themselves - than pippa who is clearly starving herself because it’s what she’s suppose to. No wonder she’s so hungry, she’s trying to save everything; her sister; her fiancé; her job; her family ; when it comes to herself the only thing that mirrors back is
everyone else.
A lot is packed into this book and I find this quote from another review sums it up
“ Piglet” is a book about the power of appetite, denied and indulged. It’s about the proper way for women to package gluttony and the ways society has condemned. Host dinner parties, do Pilates, slough the skins off a thousand chickpeas to make the perfect hummus, you’re a madonna. Suck grease from your fingers, wolf pastries, refuse a pre-wedding fast, you’re a problem. But “Piglet” tears apart that packaging and licks it clean, en route to its own kind of happy ending.
I like so many others. Hated every character- I found almost everyone in this book INCREDIBLY selfish; people who seemed to take more - more little piggies themselves - than pippa who is clearly starving herself because it’s what she’s suppose to. No wonder she’s so hungry, she’s trying to save everything; her sister; her fiancé; her job; her family ; when it comes to herself the only thing that mirrors back is
everyone else.
A lot is packed into this book and I find this quote from another review sums it up
“ Piglet” is a book about the power of appetite, denied and indulged. It’s about the proper way for women to package gluttony and the ways society has condemned. Host dinner parties, do Pilates, slough the skins off a thousand chickpeas to make the perfect hummus, you’re a madonna. Suck grease from your fingers, wolf pastries, refuse a pre-wedding fast, you’re a problem. But “Piglet” tears apart that packaging and licks it clean, en route to its own kind of happy ending.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror and Eating disorder