Reviews

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

misspinkpineapple's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

sapsquatch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? No

4.5

sapphos1secretary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

reindeerbandit's review against another edition

5.0

i mean. yeah. this is how the world should work. i’m in.

cpenny124's review against another edition

4.0

This was an incredibly interesting little book. It draws a lot of thought provoking ideas out of you, and I find myself still thinking about it in response to problems that we are facing today. The author is lyrical in their writing, and inspires me to open my eyes to new ideas, and a dystopian world that I have not yet explored.
The only reason I take a star off is because in such a small book, it's difficult to feel super close to the characters. This isn't by any fault of Emezi, I think there was more to this story than the teenagers that occupy the world. What was meant to get across about the kids was told, but the emotional impact of their struggles doesn't dig at me as much as other characters have in the past.

alittlebithopeful's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

juliatindell's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-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? No

5.0

This book was absolutely incredible. I will be recommending this to every teacher, parent, violence preventionist, transformative practitioner, and human I know.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual violence

Spoiler

I would not call it graphic, but there are descriptions of signs of child sexual abuse, and it is talked about explicitly.

katiekull's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book was captivating!! I loved the characters, the story, the narrator. I love the author and will for sure read every book they put out 

mariereader999's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

margotrizzi's review against another edition

For school