Bunny

Chuck Palahniuk in Pearls and Ballet Flats

The book is overall very good if you can stick with it. It's visceral, fanciful, and sharp. But the style will not be for everyone.

I love the story. The author is exceptionally talented and she's a master with beautiful poetic detail. But that's part of the problem. She spins off into poetic tangents, and I get that that's the point, but they sometimes just seem to go on forever. The entire novel could have had whole scenes omitted without any change in the plot or overall affect.

That being said, the characters are superb. I know who they are and I can see them in my mind. This author pays particular attention to their scents, which I think is very interesting. I love when authors bring life to characters like this. It's pretty extraordinary.

Sometimes the ambiguity in this book is frustrating. I don't like ambiguity. But I think that's the point. We're supposed to not know what the hell is going on sometimes. The main character doesn't know what's going on. We're on this journey with her.
We're supposed to be annoyed when the author spends one whole chapter on a conversation between the girls during which they speak as one entity, referring to each other only as "Bunny", so you have trouble figuring out who is who. That's the point.

It's gruesome and fantastical, but (as a lady) there is something strangely relatable about the relationships in this novel. It's more than a horror story. It's about loss, loneliness, and the need to feel we belong.

Although at times it was annoying and did drag a bit in places, I thought this was great. If they make this into a movie, it will be the "Jawbreaker" of this generation.

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stick with it!

I have to admit that for the first half of this book, I hated it. so glad I didn't give up...by the second half, I was hooked, and in the end, it was endearing and relatable and so very unique. Let go of all expectations, hold on and take the ride!

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Total mindf@ck for the romantic

Bunny: A Novel by Mona Awad was a total ride. Creepy, visceral and well written. Heathers and Legion mashed up and had warped brain worm baby. This book needs to be optioned to Netflix. I will definitely read again.

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so.so.so weird

I think I love it. I might loathe it. what a trip. give it a whirl.

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Loved every minute of it

I'm always looking for something different; a plot I haven't heard a million times before. This fit the bill. It was unexpectedly deep and moving despite the seemingly superficial premise. Highly recommended.

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Pure madness!

This book is pure demented madness.

I loved it. I loved all of it and I think all of you weirdos should read it because you might just love it too. Just don’t ask me what it was about because I have no idea what the heck I just read and I am perfectly fine with that, haha!

I was in a huge book funk when my friend Emily recommend this book to me as a must read. She knows her stuff and I listened and it was exactly what I needed. I blew through this book in two days on audio and was so involved at one point that I walked into the shower with my headphones still in my ears. By some strange turn of fate, I did not fry my earbuds or what is left of my brain and now I think may shell out some bucks for water-proof earbuds because I think I just found myself a few more minutes of reading time!

I think you should go into this book as blind as possible and I’m not going to be the one to spoil any of its surprises and will keep it brief. Samantha is a graduate student working on her MFA degree. She has to go to “workshop” in order to complete her degree and, too bad for her, this workshop is infested with a cliquey group of young women who wear dresses with cupcakes and kittens on them, who only eat itty-bitty food and who twitter and coo and call each other Bunny. They ignored the darkling Samantha the previous year except to bitterly and cruelly critique her work. Samantha is pretty okay with the status quo because who the hell wants to be a Bunny?! But one day Samantha receives a rare and coveted invitation to one of their “Slut Salons” and isn’t sure what to do. But she’s as nosy as me, apparently, and against her better judgement she goes and the story pretty much goes batshit crazy from that point on and I couldn’t describe it if I tried. It truly has to be read to be believed. So go read it!

This book is surreal, deliciously evil, and wickedly funny and the writing is weirdly addictive. The narrator does a good job conveying the emotions and switching between characters. It’s getting all the stars because I loved every single twisted turn and madness infused word within its pages. You probably won’t know exactly what you’ve read once you finish it but I bet you’ll be happy you read it.

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Totally trippy

It's the weirdest book you'll read, but I have to say that I enjoyed it. Real? Not real? In her mind? Not? The book takes you on a wild ride and you want to know more. Some of it is confusing on purpose. Narrator did a great job. A few spots when the descriptions (towards the end) of her thoughts droned on for a bit but other than that, a very unique read. I'd give it a try.

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Wow, very different

Definitely a new twist on story writing. Caught my attention from the very start and kept it until the end. The narrator did a fantastic job bringing all of the voices to life. I have never done drugs but I’m pretty sure reading this is how they make you feel. This book definitely takes you on a trip to Wonderland. Not one of my top 20 favorite books but definitely a solid read. Enjoy.

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Too much time on your hands

I’ve read about 10 books a year for the past couple books and listened to hundreds on podcasts. This book is advertised to 100% be something I was interested in... it is not good. It can be described as little more than a waste of time. It 10 chapters in bc other reviews said it was worth the wait...I merely could not invest one more minute in this. I value my time way too much and am so glad to be abandoning this book and find the ability to sink my teeth into something more compelling, less slow, with more character development and storyline than this.

Fabulous Writing, But

The narrator's voice wasn't optimal. In fact I had to ignore her voice to get thru the 1st Part to realize it was absolutely worth it. Some of the best writing I've read in awhile.