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Bunny by Mona Awad

38 reviews

coryisreading's review

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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seregelda's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

2.0

CW: Ableist language, Romani slur, woman slur, r*pe mentions, animal cruelty and death

This book was confusing and weird--bad weird. Too weird for me. Was it supposed to be horror?  Seemed pretty horrific to me.  A lady on tiktok recommended it, I will not be taking her recommendations again! 
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hlocker's review

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I was enjoying the general plot and idea but after some ableist slurs- which I’ve read now continue and then include both racist slurs and fatphobic comments. It’s not a work I want to finish and support
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chellyfishing's review against another edition

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There is some disgusting ableism in here and while looking to see if it continues or is perhaps deconstructed/challenged at some point found out there’s also racism and fatphobia. So disappointed and bummed.
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itsmejbird's review

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I was somewhat interested in the book until the author casually dropped the r-word out of nowhere. It was  unnecessary to the story and character, and seemed like ignorance or worse from the author. I checked the content warnings on StoryGraph and discovered more slurs would follow so decided not to finish. This book was published in 2019. Come on, use your head. You’re not edgy or interesting by using offensive slurs. If it doesn’t have anything to do with the story or characters, just don’t. 
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bt_wannabe's review

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fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

Mean Girls on a bad acid trip! Now that’s a “fetch” of a good time.
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howesj's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-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

2.75

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zoerose02's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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toffishay's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It's a weird one man! Some of the writing can come off as pretentious and took me out of it at moments. But it is a book about graduate level writing students, so a little pretension is expected. I enjoyed the plot and the complicated main character. I was confused for a bit about where the plot was going. It is quite fast-paced, but also really mysterious and it's written in a way that is more metaphorical than straightforward. I was surprised by some pieces at the end. I also really liked the ending. I can see you liking this is you are a fan of Ottessa Moshfegh or even if you liked Y/N by Esther Yi.
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tfredenburg's review

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challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book was never boring, but frequently frustrating. I enjoyed Awad's prose for the most part and appreciated the risks she takes with this story. Grateful that I found myself unable to relate since I've never been in such a toxic workshopping environment.

I do think the main thing I struggled with was pinpointing the satire. The Bunnies are clearly satire, but Sam herself (+ Ava) is such a capital O Outsider (an argument which the book so kindly preempts) that she also comes off as a cliche. Despite the fact I should relate to her in this way, it's hard to sink into her at first. The outsiderness is strongest when it focuses on real signifiers of privilege/lack thereof. Not so much when focused on superficial aspects of the super-feminine that are harmless.

Liked the queer subtext-to-text with Sam and Ava. Thought the Bunnies all wanting to screw Max at the end was fascinatingly psychosexual.


P.S. Found Sam's narration oddly ableist for a protagonist we're supposed to find sympathetic.
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