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Bunny by Mona Awad
1.0
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

one of the comp titles (not a book but i dont care) for this is Heathers, which i love dearly, but seemingly the only thing in common is “theres a clique of girls”. admittedly i haven’t watched mean girls myself but i kinda think that that movie would be a better comparison to Bunny
when looking at this from the lens of “it was compared to Heathers”, there’s really no JD equivalent, and therein lies the problem: theres nothing driving forward the plot. this is basically just “samantha has weird experiences with a group of girls, end story”. in Heathers, JD’s existence drives the story forward. (just pulling from Heathers: The Musical, as thats the version i prefer: he is why Heather Chandler dies, he is why Kurt and Ram die, etc while veronica is an awesome character, JD is the catalyst for almost every major plot point and he is why the storyline doesn’t drag.) and whatever is driving the plot doesn’t have to be a person!!! just thinkingof JD as an example, since this was compared to Heathers
also while the Heathers are a fascinating sort of awful, the Bunnies are just,,, meh. they’re weirdos who turn bunnies into men.
also im sorry but samantha was very boring and this book trying to be self aware about that doesn’t make it better

ive tried so hard to like “””weird””” books but i think it’s just not gonna happen. sorry guys

A THIRD EDIT NOW CAUSE APPARENTLY I CANNOT SHUT UP ABOUT THIS BOOK: part of what makes Heathers so awesome is that its this absurd comedy that somehow also takes itself seriously. it will say something ridiculous and all the characters will be so earnest over it. this felt like an extremely hollow version of that.