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A review by mstall_
Bunny by Mona Awad
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Bunny by Mona Awad is for the girls. If you love dark, twisted, books about womanhood, friendships, art and longing, this is the book for you.
Samantha Mackey is studying literature at a prestigious New England graduate school and is struggling with feeling connected to any of her peers. She has a single friend, moody and contentious Ava, who Samantha spends all of her time with even though Ava does not go to the college. The only other girls in Samantha's cohort are named "The Bunnies" and they are everything Ava (and subsequently Sam) are not: bubbly, preppy, picture perfect, chipper, and rich. While Sam denies feeling any desire to get to know them, she secretly wonders about the Bunnies. When she receives an invite to join them for "smut salon", all hell break loose.
Mona Awad tells a gripping, terrifying and deliciously chaotic story of feminine rage. There is blood, guts, dresses from ModCloth circa 2016 and a Scottish professor. If you liked the culty, new england vibes of The Secret History and the campy-ness of Scream Queens, you'll love this book.
The biggest disappointment of the book was the story line of The Lion -- there was so much build up to what felt like nothing. It was such a big part of the plot until we found out what happened and then it was like, that's it? Lame. I wanted it to be so much more because I expected it to be so much more with how heavily the ground work was laid out.
Overall I enjoyed the book and ranked it 3.75/5stars.
Samantha Mackey is studying literature at a prestigious New England graduate school and is struggling with feeling connected to any of her peers. She has a single friend, moody and contentious Ava, who Samantha spends all of her time with even though Ava does not go to the college. The only other girls in Samantha's cohort are named "The Bunnies" and they are everything Ava (and subsequently Sam) are not: bubbly, preppy, picture perfect, chipper, and rich. While Sam denies feeling any desire to get to know them, she secretly wonders about the Bunnies. When she receives an invite to join them for "smut salon", all hell break loose.
Mona Awad tells a gripping, terrifying and deliciously chaotic story of feminine rage. There is blood, guts, dresses from ModCloth circa 2016 and a Scottish professor. If you liked the culty, new england vibes of The Secret History and the campy-ness of Scream Queens, you'll love this book.
The biggest disappointment of the book was the story line of The Lion -- there was so much build up to what felt like nothing. It was such a big part of the plot until we found out what happened and then it was like, that's it? Lame. I wanted it to be so much more because I expected it to be so much more with how heavily the ground work was laid out.
Overall I enjoyed the book and ranked it 3.75/5stars.