A review by bratatouille
Bunny by Mona Awad

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

You should read this book. Is it the best book I’ve ever read? No. Does it have the most engaging characters? No. Have I been thinking about it nonstop since I read it to the point of reading articles of other people’s analyses? Yes. A Jack of all trades, though master of none, is better than a master of one. This is the dark academia low fantasy literary gothic horror shit I am begging for. It’s all of my genres in a crisp stack of just over 300 pages. This isn’t stay-up-paranoid-in-your-bed terrifying horror. Frankly, most of the questionable acts happen off screen, save for a few, and we only see the affects those actions have. However, if I didn’t go into this having the kicker of the book spoiled for me (you find out in the first third of the novel, don’t sweat)  then I am certain I would’ve been too disturbed by the initial reveal to be sitting alone in the dark. If they ever make this a movie I absolutely could not handle watching it. The use of character and language in this story is profoundly and expertly done. The Bunnies in question only sort of have names and it becomes nearly impossible to distinguish who is who, which is a perfect way to describe the hive-mind glitter-induced loss of personal autonomy they’ve experienced. I, personally, felt like this book was very gay even though the main plot is incredibly heterosexual. I’m struggling to say much about this book without giving away the goat but GOD just read it. It’s disturbing, intoxicating, and downright delectable.