Bunny by Mona Awad is a bizarre and unsettling novel that follows Samantha, a graduate writing student, as she navigates the strange world of her creative writing program. The book delves into themes of loneliness, struggle, female friendship, and the power of the mind, all wrapped in a surreal and twisted narrative. As Samantha becomes entangled with a group of girls called The Bunnies, the story takes a dark turn, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. The writing style is described as unique, audacious, and at times, darkly humorous, keeping the reader engaged with its unpredictable plot twists and eccentric characters.
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The book contains content warnings for themes related to mental illness, graphic violence, and animal harm.
From The Publisher:
"We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. We very nearly did, didn't we?"
Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort-a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and seem to move and speak as one.
But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon," and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door-ditching her only friend, Ava, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the Bunnies' sinister yet saccharine world, beginning to take part in the ritualistic off-campus "Workshop" where they conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur. Soon, her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies will be brought into deadly collision.
The spellbinding new novel from one of our most fearless chroniclers of the female experience, Bunny is a down-the-rabbit-hole tale of loneliness and belonging, friendship and desire, and the fantastic and terrible power of the imagination.
Named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Vogue, Electric Literature, and The New York Public Library
"Jon Swift + Witches of Eastwick + Kelly 'Get In Trouble' Link + Mean Girls + Creative Writing Degree Hell! No punches pulled, no hilarities dodged, no meme unmangled! O Bunny you are sooo genius!" -Margaret Atwood, via Twitter
"A wild, audacious and ultimately unforgettable novel." -Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times
"Awad is a stone-cold genius." -Ann Bauer, The Washington Post
The Vegetarian meets Heathers in this darkly funny, seductively strange novel from the acclaimed author of 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
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Bunny is probably one of the hardest review I've done so far. It was odd, strange, cutsey but also Gorey in some parts. All way trough I felt like the reading experience put my brain in a fog and now it's over I'm not sure what I've read. The feelings this created as well as the atmosphere of the book was an experience on its own but while the story was good I can't explain any specific moment in the book. It's was a reading journey for sure. 4 stars as I didn't quite like the end even tough I'm not sure I got it fully. A reread is definitely something I need to do in one point
As everyone else is chirping, what the fuck did I just read??
Honestly at some points I was confused if I was understanding properly or not. I enjoyed the majority of this book, with some parts being a little slow and/or confusing. Overall I love the weird concept.
I think you either love or hate this book. I can say overall, I loved it.
Oh! I cannot believe I forgot my biggest pet peeve!!! In the book, no less than 3 times, she talks about her best friends heterochromia "like David bowie". Bowie didn't have two different colored eyes. He had a permanently dilated pupil that made it appear to be a different color. Small gripe but honestly it pissed me off.
This book made me so glad I decided not to go to grad school.
My first read by Mona Awad and I must say that this book deserves all the hype it has. You get into the madness of the character. I found it incredible (and for those who like cult books I recommend it!)
What can you read after
Bunny?
About the Author:
Mona Awad is a Canadian novelist and short-story writer. Her debut book, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, a novel about a woman's lifelong struggle with body image issues, won the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2016
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