Bunny

I loved this book. It was messy, dark, confusing, and unreliable… but it worked so well. I loved the balance between reality and magic (or maybe just psychosis?).

Samantha was a flawed but great narrator. She’s a stuck-up graduate student, insecure yet layered and complex. She constantly teeters on the edge of reality, and sometimes just falls off completely.

The underlying commentary on class, especially in an academic setting, was fascinating. The Bunnies chose to ignore the “owies” of the world, while Samantha endlessly analyzed them. And yet, she craves what the Bunnies have: wealth, status, and the privilege of ignorance. Both the Bunnies and Samantha see themselves as feminists, but their contradictions are glaringly obvious.

Samantha craves confronting the people she despises most, only to see them as a reflection of herself.

Overall, this was a great book with amazing symbolism. One of those stories you don’t have to fully understand to really feel.

4.5/5 Stars