Bunny: TikTok made me buy it!
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THE TIKTOK SENSATION
The darkly funny, spellbinding trip of a novel that EVERYONE is talking about
‘No punches pulled, no hilarities dodged, no meme unmangled. O Bunny you are sooo genius!’ MARGARET ATWOOD
We call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other. Seriously. Bunny.
Samantha Heather Mackey is an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at Warren University. In fact, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort – a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other ‘Bunny’.
But then the Bunnies issue her with an invitation and Samantha finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door, across the threshold, and down their rabbit hole.
Blending sharp satire with fairytale horror, Bunny provides a hilarious look at the dark side of female friendship from one of fiction’s most original voices.
‘The Secret History meets Jennifer’s Body. Brilliant, sharp, weird… I loved it and I couldn’t put it down.’ KRISTEN ROUPENIAN
‘Made me nod and cackle in terrified recognition.’ LENA DUNHAM
‘Hilarious, hallucinogenic freakery.’ DAILY MAIL
‘Cerebral and complusively readable.’ VANITY FAIR
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Additional information
| Publisher | Head of Zeus, 1st edition (6 Feb. 2020) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 384 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1788545443 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1788545440 |
| Dimensions | 19.8 x 2.4 x 12.9 cm |
by Ary
I read this book while I was away and I wasn’t sure how much I was going to like it. The reviews were mixed, but I loved it so much.
It was a completely unexpected ride for me and the writing style is just so beautiful. I enjoyed every second of it. It might be one of my favourites I’ve read this year.
I don’t want to spoil that much about it as I feel like it’s more interesting if you go into it knowing very little like I did.
It is gory and has adult themes so I wouldn’t recommend if you dislike either of those. If you do though, please please give this a read – that said, I’d understand why it’s not for everyone
by Amazon Customer
So gripping and twisted and leaves you wondering what the hell is actually going on right up to the end
by eve
Well that was a rollercoaster
I’m not even sure what to think, but I loved every second
A must read, I would say
by Gemma
I personally did enjoy this book. Not good enough for 5 stars, but I did enjoy it. It was absolutely crazy and I like that it had me unable to predict what would happen. There were times when I felt the story was dragging and I wanted a somewhat more satisfying ending. But, I’m still glad I read this and will be keeping a place for this book on my shelf.
by Kindle Customer
Great images, gory and glorious, and a vivid entry into a world I’ve never experienced. Now I am both sad and relieved I never went to art college. Still, I knew what the big twist was going to be from pretty early on and I never felt any tension. Not so much a thrilling horror more a Jane Austen meets High School Musical. With an axe.
by Camille Hernandez
Read Bunny!
I randomly browsed through Kindle Unlimited at around 9pm, fully expecting I will only read the first few chapters so I have something to look forward to tomorrow. Boy did I finish it in one sitting!
At some points in time while reading this, I got worried I will have nightmares about this. It was so vividly brilliant and realistically described, at the same time it was also the darkest, strangest, most unrealistic, fictional tale written in the form of a narration by Samantha Heather Mackey, the main character of the book.
I read it without knowing the plot and the premise, and that made my journey a lot better as I could just make up theories in my mind about what was happening – without confirmation bias from what I actually found in the internet right after reading this. There’s even conspiracies on Reddit!
If you like mind bending movies and books, this book is for you.
by Jasmine
This book is bonkers but such a good read! Definitely recommend
by Lisa *OwlBeSatReading*
We call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other. Seriously. Bunny.’
I’m a bit all over the place with this book. I’d call it a ‘yo-yo read’. It’s sickly sweet, ugly pretty, cutely foul and oddly addictive. I was up and down throughout, with awkward ‘do I even like this’ moments. On numerous occasions I was indeed loving it in all its twisted hilarity.
Samantha Heather Mackey is an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at Warren University. In fact, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort – a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other ‘Bunny’.
But then the Bunnies issue her with an invitation and Samantha finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door, across the threshold, and down their rabbit hole.
Bunny was an unusual choice for me as it’s got Young Adult/Fantasy genre written all over it – not my usual choice. But this book feels like it not only blends genres, but bends them too. Into very uncomfortable positions.
It’s as funny as hell in places and has a fair few horrific scenes. On Goodreads someone described it as ‘one of the most demented books I’ve ever read’. I dig a bit of weirdness in my books, so my FOMO got the better of me!
I’m a member of The Ladies of Horror Fiction Group on Goodreads and there was a choice of books for September to vote for. Bunny won, so I thought, oh why not, let’s do it! I’m glad I did, but I’m still not sure I even liked it much!
I’m in the UK and this is an American based book. I found certain things that I didn’t connect with. The education system in the USA is something I know nothing about. Also certain pop culture went over my head, so perhaps things were a bit lost on me.
The quirky characters were cracking, the humour was dark and dry, it was shockingly funny on countless occasions. It was written in such a way that is felt ‘chatty’ and flowed from page to brain* very easily.
*whilst mashing it up repeatedly.
The Sunday Independent quotes it as ‘Mean Girls with added menace’ and I completely agree.
At three quarters through I felt it was just playing with me. My feelings went from ‘this is weird’ to this is ‘REALLY VERY weird’. Then ‘it’s so hilarious but still weird.’ Then ‘uh-oh, I’m getting a bit bored of the repetitive bits in the middle here.’ And the final part was just ‘whaaat??? – I’m not sure I even ‘get it!’
Talk about rollercoaster! It’s like nothing I’ve read before ever. But I think I liked it.
Would I read it again? No. Would I recommend it? I would, yes. But it’s definitely not for everyone. Maybe it would sit better with an American reader, and certainly would be more appreciated by someone twenty years younger than myself.
Apparently the rights are sold to AMC for a possible TV-film adaptation. I think it would be better on screen, I’d watch it, but only because I’ve read it.
It comes across as a weird, fantastical teen/YA story, with elements of horror that is cleverly put together. I enjoyed the characters and their strange behaviours, the writing was extremely good but overall I’d say it is an above average ‘Bunny Tail’ deserving of 3/5 bunnies.
I’ll leave you with a couple of lines which made me pull a right dodgy face;
‘A pause so pregnant it delivers, consumes its own spawn, then grows big with child again.’
‘She looks at us all in her probing, intensely gynaecological way.’
Urgh! That’s just ‘orrible!!