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A review by libraryofavirgo
Bunny by Mona Awad
4.0
Bunny is a bit of a trip, it’s dark academia with magical realism elements and a very loose explanation... so if you need answers to every question it’s probably not for you. The story follows Samantha an outsider who has a class at her elite university with a clique of girls who call each other simply ‘Bunny’. The story feels like a hybrid of the craft meets Heathers with just a little pinch of Jennifer’s body.
This is one of the trippiest books I've read in a while, and I feel like that alone is enough to recommend it for people who like that sort of thing. If you enjoy spending most of a novel going 'wtf is happening?' and still not being totally sure by the end, Bunny is definitely worth a read for you. It's weird and delights in its own weirdness. It's also great for fans of the dark academia subgenre since it pulls no punches on satirizing elite graduate school creative writing programs. It's funny and occasionally spot-on.
So much of this book is made of plot twists that I actually had a hard time writing a review. Bunny is written in a very experimental style, shifting from stream of consciousness to flowery metaphor. It’s a trip to figure out what is real and what is exaggeration. Normally I’m not a fan of this style, but it pairs so well with the story and characters that I have to say I fell in love.
This is one of the trippiest books I've read in a while, and I feel like that alone is enough to recommend it for people who like that sort of thing. If you enjoy spending most of a novel going 'wtf is happening?' and still not being totally sure by the end, Bunny is definitely worth a read for you. It's weird and delights in its own weirdness. It's also great for fans of the dark academia subgenre since it pulls no punches on satirizing elite graduate school creative writing programs. It's funny and occasionally spot-on.
So much of this book is made of plot twists that I actually had a hard time writing a review. Bunny is written in a very experimental style, shifting from stream of consciousness to flowery metaphor. It’s a trip to figure out what is real and what is exaggeration. Normally I’m not a fan of this style, but it pairs so well with the story and characters that I have to say I fell in love.