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The Biggerers
The Biggerers | Amy Lilwall
7 posts | 2 read | 5 to read
Introducing a witty and unique voice poised to take the literary world by storm. For fans of The Borrowers, Munmun and The Truckers. Everybody became a bit mean. A bit individual. Units. That's all humanity could say for itself - well, it couldn't actually, because it was made up of too many, um, units. And then there were the elderly, who could never bear to be so isolated, yet isolated they were. It was cruel, really it was. And kids - not that many people had them any more - they seemed to be born sitting in one of those egg-shaped chairs, only seeing what was right in front of them. So, the government asked a doctor, that famous one, to get a team together and figure it all out. He did. Everyone got a playmate. Well, everyone who wanted one, could buy a playmate. About a foot tall, they stood, naked (except in winter), very affectionate, not too intelligent. Mute, but cute - exactly what every home needs. Something to love, little units of love. The Biggerers is set in a dystopian future where our two heroes, Bonbon and Jinx, spend their days gathering stones and feathers for their basket, and waiting to be fed by their owners. But it's not long before getting sick, falling in love and wondering why they can't eat with a spoon pushes them to realise they are exactly the same as their owners...only smaller. So, the government asked a doctor, that famous one, to get a team together and figure it all out. He did. Everyone got a playmate. Well, everyone who wanted one, could buy a playmate. About a foot tall, they stood, naked (except in winter), very affectionate, not too intelligent. Mute, but cute - exactly what every home needs. Something to love, little units of love. The Biggerers is set in a dystopian future where our two heroes, Bonbon and Jinx, spend their days gathering stones and feathers for their basket, and waiting to be fed by their owners. But it's not long before getting sick, falling in love and wondering why they can't eat with a spoon pushes them to realize they are exactly the same as their owners ... only smaller.
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DreesReads
The Biggerers | Amy Lilwall
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Mehso-so

2.5⭐️ The first 300 pages is daily life detail, much of which goes nowhere. Sometime in the future people purchase/adopt small “people” (Littlers) from a company, and keep them as pets. Who the Littlers are, how they came to be, and fixing the issues all happens in the last 200 pages. But I still have sooo many questions about the resolution. So much detail at the beginning, so little at the end. #librarythingearlyreviewers #earlyreviewers

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The Biggerers | Amy Lilwall
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English people of Litsy! This book is from OneWorld in London. They did not change spellings etc for the American market, which I have actually barely noticed. Until I got to this. Is a “pot plant” the same as a “potted plant”? Because over here they are definitely not the same lol. Though a pot plant can be a potted plant, it would be very unlikely to be on a table during a televised interview 🤣

Lcsmcat 😂 6y
quietlycuriouskate Ha! I can confirm that my elderly next door neighbour has given me many a cutting from his pot plants (coleus and pelargonium, mainly). 😉 6y
DreesReads @kathedron I did a total double take while reading, I can‘t imagine what I would do in person. I thought maybe this book was heading off on another tangent. But no. 6y
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The Biggerers | Amy Lilwall
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Started off not so great, but was worth it in the end.

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DreesReads
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Book mail! Pub date is Sept 11, but this ARC is actually a hardback! This sounds very original and clever, I have a few to finish first but this looks good. #dystopia #librarythingearlyreviewers #arc

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Happy to say, I am on page 99, and it is getting better.

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The Biggerers | Amy Lilwall
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I am only on page 45 and not sure how I can continue. There are so many characters, and I am not even sure how they relate to each other. That combined with the constant change of POV within each chapter, and the fact that it feels like I just opened the book right in the middle... it is going to be hard to stick to it. I really want to like it.

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This came in the mail today.

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