beautifully written. but it’s YA, almost bordering on middle grade. I’m not positive what message Emezi was going for overall but I don’t think Pet achieved it; the moralistic stuff is at once very simplistic and yet muddled. I think it was an interesting concept that wasn’t taken far enough to be truly meaningful. I was hopeful it would delve into issues of restorative justice instead of just a very surface level take of, even people who seem good can do bad things.