If I hadn't read them back to back I may not have noticed just how different the tone and voice feel. All of which makes sense for the story being told, but it's definitely a jarring change from Pet which is darkly whimsical and almost reads like a middle grade novel at times. I read this directly after reading Pet and thus was struck by how different it felt- more mature, more concrete, more like a YA novel with relationship drama, miscommunication, and teens drinking and getting high. There is a lot to like here though I'm still sorting out how I feel about this book. This is a book about protest, mental health, art as activism, and violent versus non-violent resistance. It's also quite a different book, both thematically and stylistically. Bitter is a prequel to Pet, though you don't need to have read Pet to pick this one up.
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