Mona Awad's "Bunny": An Intriguing Novel of Love, Loss, and Self-Discovery

J. R. Berry: I absolutely love it when I cannot figure out where thr story will wind up, and yet the ending makes perfect logical sense. This story is weird and convuluted and suspenseful and really gets you thinking to try to figure out exactly what's going on. And even when you get to the end you don't quite have it figured out but the ending is satisfying, if that makes sense. The characters are well developed and each has their own unique voice. The setting is a college campus and the main characters are students in a very elite MFA in creative writing program. I love the overly-exaggerated highlights peppered in that anybody who is ever been around an MFA in fiction program will recognize. It is heartbreaking and poignant. And it is unlike anything you've ever read before.

United States on Dec 15, 2023

Bücherwurm: Super Buch, super Handlung, ansprechendes Cover

Germany on Dec 05, 2023

Laney WanglerLaney Wangler: Havent read the book yet, but I started the first chapter and struggled through it because of the bizarre margins in this book. You can see test print lines at the tops of certain pages and in some chapters, the margins are nearly nonexistent. So distracting.

United States on Nov 28, 2023

Stephanie C.: What the f-? What the f-. I don’t know whether I want to cry or laugh. I am filled with anxiety nausea from the last 50 pages. Nonstop turns I wasn’t expecting, and I seriously contemplated throwing the book when I was done with it, but I don’t do that. There were several times near the end when I had to pause and take a breath and stare at my ceiling and just whisper “what?” It was almost like my brain was filling up with so much that I was getting nauseous from how much I was consuming but I just had to know what was going on and I do actually think I get it. I get it somehow, but I am still so confused. I love it, books that blow your brain like Bunny does, god, it’s a trip. My entire body is just shaking with the adrenaline of finishing this book.

Alice in Wonderland meets Dark Academia with pastel cultish societies. It’s best to go in blind because there’s no real way to explain what happens or to prepare yourself for what you’re going to experience.

United States on Nov 21, 2023

Alberta: It's a Christmas present

Canada on Nov 07, 2023

Jasmine: This book is bonkers but such a good read! Definitely recommend

United Kingdom on Sep 21, 2023

Angela: This book was a fun read and a headache all rolled into one. At times I very much felt like I was on drugs, or had deep psychosis, or was experiencing a terrible trip/nightmare. In that way, it makes you feel transported directly into the main characters head. This book was weird, funny, gruesome, strange, thought provoking, juvenile, pretentious, and a fun escape from reality. That being said, it leaves a lot of unanswered questions, becomes repetitive, and leaves you feeling a little lack luster in the end. I give it a 5.5 out of 10 stars. Entertainment wise it was great but payoff wise it was lacking.

United States on Aug 12, 2023

Ximena Colín FloresXimena Colín Flores: Entregado en muy buena calidad, entregado a tiempo y todo viene como la imagen de referencia

Mexico on Jul 19, 2023

Ellen: I'm sure you've heard about this very odd and very wicked book by now (it has over 80,000 Goodreads reviews!!) As 2022 drew to a close, was anxious to get to some of the books on my TBR, and this one was at the top of my list.

The first half of the book was everything I hoped for. Sarcastic, funny and so, so smart. Mona Awad is an extremely gifted writer.

I highlighted so many memorable passages. When the main character Samantha is observing her all-female creative writing cohort: "Their cheeks are plump and pink and shining like they've been eating too much sugar, but actually it's Gossip Glow, the flushed look that comes from throwing another woman under the bus.”

Ms. Awad delightfully skewers graduate fiction programs and I loved that part of the book. I also loved the wordplay on the name of the college: Warren. Samantha struggles mightily to get along with not only her pretentious professor, but also the other members of the highly-coveted creative writing program. ("My smile is fixed on my face, nailed there, though it jerks under the pins.")

When I reached the halfway mark, I thought to myself, oh okay, now I see where all the 1 and 2-star...

United States on Jan 03, 2023

Clara: Que livro LOUCO e BOM

Brazil on Jul 16, 2022