Reviews with content warning for Animal death - Bunny

Such disorienting world building! I felt swept up in the confusion, chaos and blurred reality throughout reading it, so much so that I was thinking about this book like it was my real life and my real friends. The satirization of academia paired with the stark class division was funny in an uncanny way.

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bold_badger's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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emilyjhahn's review against another edition

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funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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logdog42's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

I enjoyed the story, but the "twist" ruined it. The "it was actually all schizophrenia trope" is tired. It can be done in a tasteful way, that still leaves an intriguing story, as seen in The Circus by Jonas Karlsson, but this is not that.
There is a chance that Mona Awad intended it to be more open ended, but it that was the case then, in my opinion, she overwrite the details.
I enjoyed the reading experience. I would suggest it if you are looking for the kind of book that makes you feel like you got a fever and nothing is real, you might really enjoy it! Just don't accept it as schizophrenic representation, please!

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caseyadamsstark's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This is the second time I'm writing this review because the first on didn't post at B&N --thanks, nook app. I "love" starting over...

But hey, I did like this book. It's confusing as heck because of the trippy things that happen--the main character Smackie, an English grad student with a huge inferiority complex, is also a highly unreliable narrator. But her imagination kicks in big time as she bleeds out her tale of woe while trying to fit in with the rich girls on campus, who reach out to include her after several semesters of treating her like an other.

And she is an other--the horror elements are a fantastic and bizarre flip to a Stepford Wives ideal, but the love story, the real love story that makes Samantha the "other", is the reason to keep reading. You could argue that there are similarities to plenty of stories out there, such as Mean Girls or Heathers (movies are stories too), or the obvious nods to Alice in her Wonderland. But the telling of this bunny horror fairytale is weird and unique and original in a good way, too.

Check it out horror fans.

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catzngoenz's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.5

Girls that get it, get it, girls that don't, don't.

And im the girl that doesn't get it.

Most of the book was me trying to figure out which character is which, where i am and what am i doing. As soon as the story picks up pace i immediately fell back again to the where, what, who, when.

Could be just me and my comprehensive skill but yeh, not a book for me.

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i guess the part where they reveal ava is made up also is pretty interesting but again, i was too lost and confused to actually process anything

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