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Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi
5.0
emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was very easy to get lost in reading. A lot of tough topics were covered so there are several TWs I've tagged (Rape, Miscarriages, Conversion Therapy, Homophobia with Religion to name a few).

There are very detailed descriptions of animal slaughter with the intent to eat which I wish were less graphic and sometimes I felt some aspects of the magical-realism could have been done without.

Also seemed like there were niche words shoehorned in there that the author just really wanted to use but was unsure of how to use them in a sentence? 

Other than those few things, I did really enjoy this beautifully queer book and I'll miss reading it and seeing the relationships unfold.

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