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PET by Akwaeke Emezi
5.0
adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

It feels wrong to rate a book like this, but alas, Emezi deserves good reviews too. This book made everything I believe about the world and everything I want to do come into clearer focus for me, but it also brought me to tears by the end. Incredibly powerful and moving is all I can say, I don't think any words would suffice to describe it. I had high hopes about the writing from the first chapter, and I wasn't disappointed. I think this book also perfectly demonstrates why it is important to write about the future and what could be, so we can both have hope but also see the flaws with that utopian idea.