Reviews with content warning for Alcoholism - Bunny

I knew what rating I was giving this book like 4hrs in. It just absolutely dragged on, but I don't like DNRing, so I stuck with it. I did really like the concept; what intrigued me at the beginning was the ridiculousness of it. Like a troop of horny rich girls in grad school who all wear tacky printed dresses and shit on anyone not in their clique? Silly! Whimsical! But not enough to really sustain my attention.

Very soon into the novel, I thought it would make a great film, and after finishing it, I think I would prefer it in film form. Again, this is because the novel felt too slow/long and hard to get through. As I read, I envisioned a whole cinematic style for it, kind of like Beetlejuice meets Sorry To Bother You meets Scott Pilgrim. I hope the movie adaptation leans into weirdness and surrealism. I also hope the movie isn't 100% White like Midsommar or Girls (which I bring up because I noticed Lena Dunham's stamp of approval on the cover halfway thru reading).

What I think was successful about the book for me was how I, too, felt like my brain had been goopified a bit lol. While listening to this audiobook, I had to rewind constantly to understand what was going on (which makes me think it might've also been a better read on paper vs. audiobook). Anyway, what I'm getting at is by the end of the book I was left thinking "what was all that??" and I think that's actually exactly what the protagonist is thinking too.

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bxnnny's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

convinced that everyone writing 4+ star reviews of this book are doing a weird, satirical homage to the bunnies themselves. this book was lame and tried too hard and had me thinking i was in a reading slump because i was having the hardest time getting into this - i had to take a break after every chapter. the writing was grating in a way i can't describe and the random grammatical errors were distracting. i'm honestly just overwhelmingly disappointed. i looked forward to reading it, i felt like i only ever saw glowing reviews of it, and now i'm certain it was just another overhyped book i got duped by booktok to read.

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jneverland's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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alexandrabelze's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

wow. just wow. this is the first mona awad novel i’ve read and i was not disappointed. it’s gory and absurd and downright disturbing. i loved it. i never had any clue what was going to happen next, and i was always pleasantly surprised at what she had in store. there was so much symbolism and so many metaphors and i’m sure i didn’t even catch them all. the characters were so full-fledged and yet so empty? since we were seeing everyone and everything through samantha’s eyes, there was this veil of blissful ignorance draped over everything. i would have loved to get a peek into what the bunnies saw.

my favorite part of the whole book has to be max’s whole “performance piece” with the bunnies in the cave. watching their perfect, carefully curated, fake identities collapse was so satisfying and mildly humorous.

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