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Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

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agn1kai's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Reading Bora Chung's Cursed Bunny took me on a nostalgia trip to my childhood. Me as a kid, getting lost in stories from Grimm's Fairy Tales, Aesop's Fables, and Tales of the Midnight Hour. It reminded me of my fascination with short stories, which featured different perspectives on life, love, relationships, society, and man's attempt to make sense of things that can't be explained.

My favorite stories from this book are: The Head, The Embodiment, Cursed Bunny, Frozen Finger, and Snare. The Head, most notably, is a perfect introductory story which perfectly captured the weird, absurd, and dark nature of this book.

However, I was a bit disappointed since I was expecting the same intensity of weirdness, absurdity, and intrigue to carry on throughout the book. Yet apart from my favorites, the other stories felt a bit lackluster, dragged on, and predictable to say the least.

Overall, I still love this book and I'll definitely read Bora Chung's other book, Your Utopia.

p_b_23's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

ids100's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No

3.75

sydneybedell's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

cosmosbtwnpages's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

lowercase_a's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.0

Maldições captalistas & sangue dourado

Os protagonistas solitários de Bora Chung são amaldiçoados pelos mais diversos elementos nos mais diversos universos mas dentre as mais comuns estão: a ganância, a apatia e o medo do outro. Sua escrita é direta e rapidamente executada e mesmo assim nenhum de seus contos parece protelar demais ou penar por pouco; ao contrário, Coelho Maldito se beneficia do ritmo idependente de cada conto que o compõe.

As imagens invocadas por Chung são irreverentes ao status quo patriarcal e capitalista que regem as relações sociais contemporâneas e nos forçam a confrontar com o rastro de doença deixado pelo processo de "desenvolvimento" que estivemos traçando a muito.

darumachan's review against another edition

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challenging dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

I was really put off by the first two stories, but I'm glad I kept going because I truly enjoyed some of the others. My favorites were the stories with more of a fairy-tale atmosphere. I already know that I'm not a fan of absurdist magical realism, so I'm not surprised that those were my least favorite. The basic statement of each was thought-provoking, if overwrought at times.