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Bunny by Mona Awad

challenging mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.75

I wanted to like "Bunny," but Mona Awad really lost me. What is actually real in this ENTIRE STORY? I get that not everything needs to be wrapped up pretty in a little bow, but when I finish a book having literally NO idea what was true or not, I'm just lost, not impressed. This book was compared to Heathers, Mean Girls, The Craft, but I think the similarities end at a story about girls in a clique. Maybe I'm not *creative* or *experimental* enough to like this? Maybe it was too deep for me to grasp "The Process" or "The Work" or "The Body" as the professors at Awad's Warren University would say? At least I could relate to Sam in the way she views the writing of her peers, cause this book was a confusing and garbled mess that felt like it was trying way too hard to be pretentious and not like other girls books. Honestly, I could summarize this book as gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss, and that's actually laughable. 
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