Piglet
Lottie Hazell
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Piglet
Lottie Hazell
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
If I owned a bookstore, I’d hand-sell Piglet to everyone.
Hunger in all its forms is central to Lottie Hazell’s debut novel, and the discomforting nature of Piglet’s name is not unearned.
The novel hits a lot of the right notes—humor, absurdity, pathos, and ultimately, growth. Piglet the character’s stubborn focus on the exterior is also Piglet the novel’s biggest obstacle—as readers, we never really get under Piglet’s skin. For instance, the true origin of her family nickname resonates especially deeply but isn’t explored. It’s brushed under the rug the way so many past traumas are. Perhaps that’s the point Hazell is trying to make. There’s a lot to unpack in Piglet—expectations, superficiality, and women’s relationship with food and with their own bodies. As a debut novel, Piglet is ambitious, sitting somewhere in the middle of the Venn diagram where comic women’s fiction, literary fiction, and absurdism meet. Does it work? Mostly, yes..
Excels in its crisp dialogue and Hazell’s glorious descriptions of Piglet’s cooking and the foods she hungers for..
Addictive.