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Bunny by Mona Awad
4.0
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BOOK REVIEW
[Bunny] Follow a misfit through an experimental writing program.
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WHAT I LIKED
Bunny is a huge burrito of meta, satire, and magical realism. It is experimental satire of experimental/magical realism writing. It is weird. So weird. I loved it. It was different from everything I’ve read before. Mona Awad doesn’t care if you’re frustrating with every single character. I loved her play with voice as the main character stepped through many transformations. The symbolism was gruesome and hilarious with one fell of an ax.
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It’s a conversation starter! Case in point: the many accounts asking me what I thought when I posted reading updates on my story.
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WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE
The ending was drawn out. I wanted the last 30% to be half that. It took the umph away from the beginning's plain weirdness and shock.
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I was also diappointed with the main character’s passiveness throughout the entire book. She only makes one choice for herself, and even that choice isn't completely her own. The author addresses it in the meta narration, but it seemed like bandaid on a plot hole that could have turned into a shinning moment of a character finding her own voice!
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Bunny (by Mona Awad) ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️✨4.5/5
BOOK REVIEW
[Bunny] Follow a misfit through an experimental writing program.
//
WHAT I LIKED
Bunny is a huge burrito of meta, satire, and magical realism. It is experimental satire of experimental/magical realism writing. It is weird. So weird. I loved it. It was different from everything I’ve read before. Mona Awad doesn’t care if you’re frustrating with every single character. I loved her play with voice as the main character stepped through many transformations. The symbolism was gruesome and hilarious with one fell of an ax.
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It’s a conversation starter! Case in point: the many accounts asking me what I thought when I posted reading updates on my story.
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WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE
The ending was drawn out. I wanted the last 30% to be half that. It took the umph away from the beginning's plain weirdness and shock.
//
I was also diappointed with the main character’s passiveness throughout the entire book. She only makes one choice for herself, and even that choice isn't completely her own. The author addresses it in the meta narration, but it seemed like bandaid on a plot hole that could have turned into a shinning moment of a character finding her own voice!
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Bunny (by Mona Awad) ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️✨4.5/5