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A review by whittaker
Bunny by Mona Awad
dark
mysterious
slow-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
2.75
Bunny is a head fuck but not in a good way. It was enjoyable for the first half but the second half was just absurd but like... pointlessly. It wasn't an enjoyable or point-driven absurdity, it just felt like it was trying to be avant-garde and strange to be avant-garde and strange, despite Awad being a good writer. It tried to tie itself down to reality at the end, which seemed useless, after just going off the deep end of weirdness. I regret finishing it tbh. Too many pothole weirdnesses - it started off like an examination of pretentiousness and class and sex in grad programs, and ended in nothing. It served no purpose, it wasn't even enjoyable. It would've been 5 stars if it was just the first 50% (including the whole bunny-men nonsense) but it became a bore and a drag to read. I get why people didn't like this book now.