[email protected] reviewed Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (Pet, #1)
Humans will never have a true utopia.
5 stars
This was such a great read. It had me sucked in from the start to the end. Emezi did an amazing job with weaving tension through the magical realism. I didn't read any information on this book before reading it, so I was quite surprised at the arrival of Pet.
Jam is a selective-speaking 16 year old that has grown up in a utopia where people are allowed to be with who they want to be with and are able to decide who they are without any push-back. Jam was born as a boy and at a young age got fed up with being called a boy and finally expressed it to her parents and they were able to easily work with doctors to figure out options and how to go about everything. I really appreciated having a book with a trans main character where the focus of the book …
This was such a great read. It had me sucked in from the start to the end. Emezi did an amazing job with weaving tension through the magical realism. I didn't read any information on this book before reading it, so I was quite surprised at the arrival of Pet.
Jam is a selective-speaking 16 year old that has grown up in a utopia where people are allowed to be with who they want to be with and are able to decide who they are without any push-back. Jam was born as a boy and at a young age got fed up with being called a boy and finally expressed it to her parents and they were able to easily work with doctors to figure out options and how to go about everything. I really appreciated having a book with a trans main character where the focus of the book was NOT on their coming out so we were able to see Jam just being herself.
The overarching theme of humans having the innate ability of being horrible no matter how perfect the world is running, and that even angels can harbor dangerous secrets. Also a reminder that people really should trust kids when they come to you with issues and not try to brush it off. Really good read and definitely recommend it.
