A review by livist
Bunny by Mona Awad

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

4.25

This book is a fever dream. I didn’t know what was happening when I started and by the end I wasn’t sure where I disappeared to and how I came out the other side. It was funny and weird and horrific and I just didn’t want to put it down. 

I got real Bell Jar vibes from this book. A young female writer who seems to descend into madness in part from loneliness. The further into the book you go, the further from reality you go. This one is more comedic and easier to digest since it more firmly plants itself in the surreal realm with bunny men, deer men and swan gals. 

There’s a lot of speculation as to what was real or who was real. I think this book has some magical realism to it with a dash of madness. I think Sam is slowly going a bit crazy—either from loneliness or partly withdrawal from the Tic Tacs she gets fed from the bunnies. And yet most events actually took place. 

There’s so many interesting commentary on privilege and access to higher education.

I’ll be thinking about this book for a while. The more I sit on this book the more I love it.

It was a bit slow at times and a bit predictable, but some things were great reveals too.
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