I finished Bunny yesterday. I read that it was sort of Heathers + The Craft + Frankenstein, but I’d switch out Frankenstein for Fight Club. That’s all I can say about that without super spoiling things.

I would rate this one . I did really like this one despite being super annoyed at the bunnies’ baby talk early on. I listened to the audiobook and read along on my kindle. The narration was on point. She did a really good job of portraying the main character’s state of mind without giving away the twist too early in the story. I think I might have missed some of the nuances without the audio narration. Actually, I think I might not have finished the book.

I would also probably not consider this one horror. Early on it was creepy in a horror/cult sort of way but then it was more a study of mental illness manifesting itself by means of a fantastic story about a young woman making her way through her MFA. And it reads like it was written by an MFA student…comments about “overeducated poverty” and “skins glowing with health insurance”, overly descriptive comparisons (Her voice is the feathery baby voice of children in horror films.), ridiculous vaginal/sexual references that would get a response from other MFAs but make the average reader roll their eyes (The legs of her voice wide open.). Was this book Samantha’s (or the author’s) thesis? I do feel like a big part of this was critique of MFA programs and fancy schools as well.

I borrowed the audiobook version Bunny, by Mona Awad from the library on the Libby app, but you can buy it on Amazon or any major bookseller.