Just got stranger

Started good weird, slowly just got more and more complicated, couldn’t even pretend I was understanding it after a certain point..

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very twisty

i was expecting from previous reviews to be confused but really the story is followable, it just has lots of twists and turns and things that happen which push you to question your perspective. The narrator was good but I did have to listen at 1.2 speed as the reading was a little slow and the attempted scottish accent was something else! But overall the naration was enjoyable.

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Misunderstood Feminine Horror

I personally didn't love this book but I can objectively appreciate the beauty in it. Awad writes with such poetic language and makes a really visceral statement on female relationships. It felt like a crazy fever dream reading this. I appreciated the genre subversion and rat girl to bunny girl to rat girl pipeline. It's definitely one for arthouse literature students to study and dissect but if you're a casual reader just looking to be entertained i'd give it a miss.

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That was something

I have no idea what to feel, I think I liked it? But I have no idea of what happened… in a good way?

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Magical Realism does Mean Girls

It’s hard to describe Bunny without falling short. The closest I get is to imagine if Gabriel Garcia Marques wrote Heathers. Right up my street, certainly not for everyone, but that is why I like it so much.

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I have no idea...

I keep reading other reviews for this book about how weird the overall plot is, which I agree with, but even weirder is how I honestly can’t work out whether I love or hate this book.

The story is quite intriguing from the get-go, and the descriptive nature of the writing engaging at first, but very quickly I began to find it a bit too... much. I was still invested in the plot, but found the scene setting a little too drawn out and overly wordy.

This was all fine for the first part of the book as I was intrigued enough to keep listening, but as the plot progressed it began to get dragged down by the never ending descriptions, tediously played out scenes, and constant repetition of names, words, sentences, you name it. I understand that the protagonists imagination was a key aspect of this story, but having to hear her (very judgmental) inner monologue imagine multiple drawn out answers every time someone asked her a simple question was irritating to say the least. And also the fact that she NEVER answered anything honestly, even when there really seemed no clear reason to lie. It was just so infuriating at times.

One stand out low point of the book for me came during a particularly boring interaction between the protagonist and a character in a supermarket, which led to more even more boring interactions at a gathering the protagonist didn’t even want to attend. I don’t know how long these scenes lasted, but they seriously tested my patience, and I pretty much hated the book at this point.

Fortunately, things picked up from there and I found myself drawn back in as the story reached its conclusion. Which was actually a bit of a mess in some respects, and I can’t say I really understand it, but then I’m not sure you’re supposed to. However, for all that, I finished the book having enjoyed it despite its many flaws. It’s weird, atmospheric, immersive, nonsensical, and has plenty of enjoyable commentary about the artistic process and all the pretentiousness that it attracts. I also liked how the book explored the theme of chronic loneliness.

Overall, this was a confusing mess, but I don’t know if I’m talking about the book or my mind afterwards. Kudos to the author for achieving that.

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Not the best, not the worst

Was a bit of a slog but not bad. Interesting concept, a few twists and turns but got slow in the middle. Narrator was good.

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Not for me

Not for me, but I can see how it might be for some people. It felt convoluted and dreamlike, but without anything really meaningful to say.

Worst Scottish accent I've ever heard in my life, but the rest of the performance was fine (the Bunnies had supremely irritating voices, but I get that was intentional).

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Performance was great but...

...this was the worst Scottish accent ever. She just shouldn't have done it. Ugh.

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Beautifully written but hard to listen too

Although the narrator was amazing i think this is a better read than listen. It usually takes me 2-3 days to finish books, but i had this one one month to finish. Im not easily disturbed but its more like at time is confusing. And i didnt ewant to go back and re listen- but i give my recommendations beacuse its very bizzare and not at all what i expected

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