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Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi

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khakipantsofsex's review

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.75


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mold_munchr's review

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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ecn's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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peachani's review against another edition

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

4.5


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thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


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butlerebecca's review

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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stuffinmybrainhole's review

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challenging emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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fatkidatheartreads's review against another edition

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

"Hold it gently.This hungry beast that is your heart. Feed it well.'

I WAS NOT READY!
I don't think you could ever be ready for the brilliance that is Butter Honey Pig Bread.
I don't know how to explain this book to you. I want to exist in it forever. The last time I was plagued with feelings like these was when reading Seven days in June. 
God, I love reading. I love books that remind me why I am so obsessed and in love with literature to begin with. This is one of the best things I've ever set my eyes upon.What a delicious and beautiful book.
Taiye, Wolfie, Timi, Banji, Keyinde..all these characters.
God- I.. just ..I can't..just read it , PLEASE.

Favorite quotes;
+Things line up funny sometimes; madness has its purpose I suppose.
+"It was just drugs doing drug things to my brain," Taiye concluded.
+But one cannot abandon oneself, try try try as one might.
+There was nothing to do but dissolve.
+I have been straddling two impossiblities for what seems like many lifetimes.
+Life is an ambivalent lover. One moment, you are everything and life wants to consume entirely. The next moment, you are an insignificant speck of nothing. Meaningless.
+She doesn't regret this life, but it hurts, nonetheless.

Trigger warnings; Sexual assault, grief, body dysmorphia, mental illness, miscarriage, homophobia.

๐Ÿงก Francesca Ekwuyasi is an author from Lagos, Nigeria. BHPB explores themes of family, queerness, loneliness, and belonging. This was her debut novel.

Rating : 5 stars ๐ŸŒŸ

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books4bee's review

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adventurous emotional reflective relaxing sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0


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bonnybron's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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