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The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty

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nessareadsbooks's review

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challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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pollybirdie's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

3.5

This novel was very divisive amongst my book club, which is a good thing! Overall I enjoyed this novel, with unique characters and unique storytelling. I have to agree with others that it feels a little too overstuffed and writing comes across a little pretentious at times. The author has a bizarre sense of humor, which I appreciated. Gunty touches on several important societal issues: the foster care system, impoverished communities, the failures of capitalism, predatory men, and global warming, to name a few. I wish that the author had focused on fewer themes and gone more in-depth.

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lucyatoz's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Blandine isn't like the other residents of her building. Welcome to the Rabbit Hutch.

Well, that was a reading experience I was not expecting at all! The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty is a gut retching novel, with an online obituary writer, an old couple who have a rodent problem, a young mother with a secret and four teenagers who have aged out of state foster care, living as neighbours in a run down, lost cost apartment block. The story is set over the space of a week and accumulates with a violent stabbing.

I appreciated how the narrative was written and how the story elicited strong emotions as I read it, however I felt that it did not flow exactly and sometimes the plot lacked focus.

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gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

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challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Really love the premise, the purple prose, and the mystery of the apartment complex’s inhabitants. I wish that the plot was a bit more fleshed out for some of it.

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gia0203's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

not for everyone - I didn’t even think it was for me at first. but the more I read, the more I enjoyed it, and the more intimately attached to the book I became. weird and wonderful.

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hegatron's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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emzireads's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

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milliebrierley's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

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

4.0

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laurataylor's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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samseyz's review

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

While I did find this book to be interesting, there were some moments where the characters were a bit too pretentious. While I did appreciate the various themes and social commentaries, I feel like it was hammered in a bit too much at times. One of my favorite aspects was how interconnected the characters were.

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