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challenging
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“Cursed Bunny” es una colección de diez historias cortas supernaturales de horror. Este libro es el debut literario de Bora Chung, una escritora coreana que definitivamente voy a estar hojeando porque quiero leer más de ella. Las historias son muy variadas, aunque todas siguen más o menos la misma fórmula, y al final te acabas esperando algún plot twist. Mis favoritas, en orden:
★★★★★ “The Head.”,muy buen comienzo, da mucha ansiedad y claustrofobia. No voy a volver a ver mi baño de la misma manera.
★★★★★ “Scars.”,creo que es mi favorita especialmente porque el comienzo es una buena analogía de traumas infantiles. Es el personaje con el que más he empatizado y la única historia en la que he llorado. Me habría gustado que tuviera un final feliz :(
★★★★☆ “Cursed Bunny.”muy interesante pero no he llegado a empatizar con la mayoría de personajes. Es una de las más turbias y creo que tiene una buena moraleja. Me ha llamado la atención la frase “when we make our cursed fetishes, it’s important that they’re pretty”.
★★★★☆ “The Embodiment.”muy turbia, provoca mucha ansiedad. Como mujer, he tenido un nudo en el estómago durante todo el capítulo, es totalmente el tipo de pesadilla que tendría.
★★★★☆ “Reunion.”,triste desde principio a fin, buen relato para acabar el libro con un nudo en la garganta.b
★★★☆☆ “Snare.”abuso, incesto… es interesante el tema de la maldición y cómo la codicia vuelve a las personas “inhumanas”.
★★☆☆☆ “The Frozen Finger.”me dio bastante ansiedad y claustrofobia el imaginarme a la chica hundiéndose en el barro atrapada en su coche sin poder ver nada, pero se pierde un poco entre los otros relatos. También me dio penita, lo último que escucha antes de morir son reproches de la voz que creía que la iba a salvar.
★★☆☆☆ “Goodbye, My Love.”, también triste, me recuerda un poco a “The Head”. El tema de los IAs uniéndose es interesante pero un poco típico. Además la mc es lesbiana, creo?
★☆☆☆☆ “Ruler of the Winds and Sands.”,triste, las traiciones son lo que más ansiedad me da :( me dio mucha pena lo que sufre por el príncipe. Vuelve a entrar en el tema de la codicia, pero la porción del desierto es muy larga.
★☆☆☆☆ “Home Sweet Home.” larga, demasiados personajes sin nombres que se me iban mezclando mientras leía. El final me gustó, fue inesperado y un poco triste, pero el resto de la historia no me entró muy bien.
En general me han gustado todas las historias y me ha abierto la curiosidad por leer más historias cortas, creo que es lo que mejor me viene para lo mala que son mi atención y mi memoria. La ambientación es magnífica, turbia y claustrofóbica.
★★★★★ “The Head.”,
★★★★★ “Scars.”,
★★★★☆ “Cursed Bunny.”
★★★★☆ “The Embodiment.”
★★★★☆ “Reunion.”,
★★★☆☆ “Snare.”
★★☆☆☆ “The Frozen Finger.”
★★☆☆☆ “Goodbye, My Love.”,
★☆☆☆☆ “Ruler of the Winds and Sands.”,
★☆☆☆☆ “Home Sweet Home.”
En general me han gustado todas las historias y me ha abierto la curiosidad por leer más historias cortas, creo que es lo que mejor me viene para lo mala que son mi atención y mi memoria. La ambientación es magnífica, turbia y claustrofóbica.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Incest, Excrement
Minor: Gaslighting
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
✨ Thrifted ✨
What a series of short stories! I’m skeptical of BookTok recommendations, so it took me a little while to buy this, but when I saw a pristine copy at the secondhand bookshop I knew I had to at least try. I’m so glad I did! 😳
I’m squeamish at the best of times, but the imagery in this didn’t make me squirm (most of the time). I thought the ways in which the stories were written were so crystal clear. I kept putting it down, to absorb each story, then picking it back up almost immediately after because I was excited to keep going and was keen to get onto the next ✨
Here are my personal opinions:
Favourite: Cursed Bunny (the image of bunnies chewing everything and shitting everywhere made me laugh 😂)
Least favourite: Snare (the imagery in this one was a bit too intense for me)
Honourable mentions:
Goodbye, My Love (I love an AI/Klara and the Sun moment 😦)
I’ve already recommended this surreal and wonderful short story collection to my friend 🥰 I can’t wait to read more reviews 👏🏼
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit
dark
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Incest
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder
Minor: Incest, War
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
idk if its supposed to be interpreted this way but i thought all the chapters were metaphors for modern day issues.. im not even sure what some of them were refering to maybe those were just stories yknow?
some of these stories were DISTURBING, but i liked the neutral chaos lol. i recommend if you wanna read something that will make u uncomfy in a comfy way
some of these stories were DISTURBING, but i liked the neutral chaos lol. i recommend if you wanna read something that will make u uncomfy in a comfy way
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Incest, Miscarriage, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Sexual content
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
A lamp that looks like a rabbit. A boy sacrificed to a giant bird monster. Sentient shit. A ship floating above a desert. Ghosts. All of these elements make up the world within Cursed Bunny. Bora Chung utilizes horror and exaggeration to reveal the ills of modern culture. Spanning from horror to satire to fable, Chung's stories read like warnings against the worst impulses of humankind. Highly recommend.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Excrement, Pregnancy
Moderate: Incest, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Incest, Rape
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really enjoyed this book. It's convinced me to start looking into short story collections. I wasn't expecting the stories to be so creepy, but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle. There was a wide range of settings. I do think 'Cursed Bunny' was the most memorable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse
Moderate: Incest, Suicide, Cannibalism
There are quite a few content warnings, I'm not sure I can recall them all. Definitely body horror, abuse, incest, and character death. I think there was a suicide?
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Incest, Suicide, Torture, Excrement, Pregnancy