A review by purplemoonmyst
Rabbits by Terry Miles

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I found myself in a massive reading slump, but then I read Rabbits, and I have been reading other books in the same genre as of late—no more reading slump. I found out about Rabbits by the podcast with the same name. As many of you know, I received my cochlear ear implants six years ago, and the novelty of being able to hear and UNDERSTAND spoken words still has not gone away. I ended up listening to both seasons of Rabbits straight through.

The Rabbits Podcasts was so enthralling than when I heard that Terry Miles had written the book, Rabbits. I couldn’t hit buy on my kindle fast enough. I read the whole thing in one sitting.

I kept reading instead of sleeping because I HAD to know if K was ok.  it says right on the book that the “game” had maybe created a rip in reality, and I wanted to know what exactly a rip in reality was..Then the best plot twist I have read in my whole life whopped me upside the head, and I had to read it three times to make sure it was from the book and not from my head playing jokes on me. I have read many techno-thrillers in my day, but Rabbits has a plot twist that is STILL one of the best, if not the absolute best.

The basic premise of the book is about an underground game gone wrong. Then K has to go around to try and fix the game before all the metaverses collapse. Yes, that’s right, the “meta” verse. I think that is where Mark Zentunberg got the idea of the whole meta thingie. If you ask me. If you had trouble understanding what a metaverse is, here is a handy link to explain it all.

Rabbits will take you on a wild ride through a few metaverses, maybe… Before I hit the PLOT TWIST of the century, I had thought that it was limited to ONE real universe; then the PLOT TWIST happened, and even though I have been reading Hard Sci-Fi my whole life, that plot twist was so twisty that I had to read that chapter 4 times to make sure I was reading correctly… I was. I will not say much more than this because it is sooooo much better if all you know is what is on the Rabbits Podcast, and some game has gone very wrong a dit is messing with. The “fabric of reality .”And it is up to K to fix it. It has a superfast moving plot, so if you want to dig into the ideas in the book, it is better to listen to the Rabbits podcast both seasons first.