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A review by emergencily
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
4.0
- collection of dark short stories reflecting on the violence & exploitation of patriarchy and capitalism
- the strongest stories are in the first half of the book, especially ” the head” and “the embodiment,” feminist body horror tales where the female protagonists endure increasingly surreal horrors thru the erosion of their bodily autonomy and thru changes to their positions in their families & society as they age and experience motherhood
- “cursed bunny,” the titular story, was a great intergenerational revenge story, with an old family yarn / folk tale feel
- the weakest stories are in the latter half of the book as it experiments with sci-fi and fantasy, but ends up with predictable genre cliches, and lacks the coherent voice and direction that characterized the first half of the book
- the strongest stories are in the first half of the book, especially ” the head” and “the embodiment,” feminist body horror tales where the female protagonists endure increasingly surreal horrors thru the erosion of their bodily autonomy and thru changes to their positions in their families & society as they age and experience motherhood
- “cursed bunny,” the titular story, was a great intergenerational revenge story, with an old family yarn / folk tale feel
- the weakest stories are in the latter half of the book as it experiments with sci-fi and fantasy, but ends up with predictable genre cliches, and lacks the coherent voice and direction that characterized the first half of the book