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Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

82 reviews

virginplatonic's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Incest, Terminal illness, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Eating disorder, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, and War

eegrasse's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, and Pregnancy

scifi_rat's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol

racheybakey's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide

medini_l's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Car accident, Abortion, and Pregnancy

dandelionsanddragons's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

this book was amazing and a few of these stories will definitely stay with me for a long time

the head: 5/5 haunting. amazing.

the embodiment: 5/5 body horror, so creepy 

cursed bunny: 4.5/5 great story about capitalism

the frozen finger: 3/5 harder to understand but atmosphere is great

snare: 4.5/5 like a fairytale

goodbye, my love: 4/5 most realistic one 

scars: 2.5/5 dragged out too much 

home sweet home: 4/5 quite realistic and eerie

ruler of the winds and sands: 3.5/5 felt like something was missing, but read like a fairytale 

reunion: 4.5/5 heartbreaking

“no one asked us, when we were still nameless
whether we wanted to live or not 
now i wander the big city alone
looking in doors and windows 
waiting and waiting for something…”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Pregnancy

firuz's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

seawarrior's review against another edition

dark reflective

5.0

The stories held within Cursed Bunny are blisteringly cruel and terribly beautiful. They are horrors, myths and fairytales that reflect the sharp teeth of grief and the scars of survival. I have never read anything quite like these stories and could never imagine one similar to them if I tried. Chung is a brilliant writer and inventor of fables, and I look forward to reading more of her work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

zahliajayne's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

pancakes_alison's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Honestly this collection of stories was so good, I absolutely loved how well written/translated it was. I loved how I was able to release almost every emotion while reading this, I love how it makes you think and imagine things you never thought you would. 

This book has made me become a fan of dark fantasy realism  short stories. I fell in love with this book as soon as I read the first line of the first story ‘The Head’. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Incest, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Car accident, and Abandonment