A review by eriley
The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty

dark reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Not totally sure how I felt about this one. I feel like it was trying very hard to say something or be "about" something but I have no idea what. There were chapters that I really enjoyed and found myself savoring some of the passages. But I think I would have liked some of those chapters better as individual short stories, not part of a bigger novel to be honest. The ending didn't feel totally earned. There were so many characters who had these incredibly minor roles but then we're supposed to believe were capable of doing these terrible, terrible things... and then characters we saw so much of who did next to nothing at the end of the day. I don't know. I really loved the setting, though, as someone who went to college in a very similar town.
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