Though it may appear that monsters no longer exist in Lucille, Emezi is quick to tell the reader-from the very first line-that this is not the case. There is a wariness in Bitter’s tone that speaks to her own experiences in the revolution, and to the difficulty in identifying who is or is not a monster. Bitter tells her daughter, “Monsters don’t look like anything, doux-doux.
Though several characters openly tell Jam that she cannot trust things are as they appear, it takes first-hand experience for her to learn this.
An honoree on the National Book Foundation's '5 Under 35' list, a long-list nominee for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence, and a short-list nominee for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize, Akwaeke continues to receive accolades for their adult. Emezi centers this theme throughout the narrative, teaching Jam, Redemption, and the reader alike that things are never quite what they seem. Akwaeke Emezi makes their young adult debut with Pet on the inaugural Make Me a World list. These labels evoke stereotypes about what monsters and angels look and act like, setting up Emezi’s exploration of a more complex notion of morality and Jam’s discovery that looks can be deceiving. They set up this theme from the beginning of the novel by opening with a discussion of the events of the revolution and the opposing factions of monsters and angels. Refinery29 proclaims, "The word hype was invented to describe books like this.Appearance versus reality is one of the central themes of Emezi’s Pet. Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also to uncover the truth, and the answer to the question -How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?Īcclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi makes their riveting and timely young adult debut with a book that asks difficult questions about what choices you can make when the society around you is in denial.
Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption's house. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors and claws, who emerges from one of her mother's paintings and a drop of Jam's blood, she must reconsider what she's been told. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. The highly-anticipated, genre-defying new novel by award-winning author Akwaeke Emezi that explores themes of identity and justice.
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