A review by majasmine02
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

medium-paced

3.0

I will admit that I don’t get on well with short story collections. I feel that there is not enough room to develop the characters and the plot enough for any story to have a lasting impact. This book definitely suffered from that. There were definitely some creepy moments that I enjoyed and some elements of commentary were poignant but all of the characters fell flat, blending together and leaving the plot lifeless. The plots themselves felt like the author was chucking every weird thing they could think of into the mix to try and be engaging but with no time to develop any of this points further. This was not helped by what felt like a clunky translation. There were irritating inconsistencies throughout and the writing style felt dead. There were moments where I could see the authors skill coming through but it felt distanced, like something strong had been lost in translation. Overall, this left any commentary feeling shallow and me feeling confused. All this said, it did remain a fun read with some fun ideas. It was easy to keep turning the page, I just don’t think it’s anything that deep.