Bunny

Imagine if someone took Donna Tartt´s "The Secret History", the 2004 teen comedy movie "Mean Girls" and the Ari Aster film "Midsommar" and put all of that into the literary version of a blender - you´d get Mona Awad´s "Bunny". The plot follows Samantha, an outsider in her MFA program. Her four classmates form a clique she refers to as the "Bunnies" - because that´s what they call each other. She and her only friend, Ava, a drop-out of a neighboring art school, hate the Bunnies and everything they stand for. That is, until Samantha suddenly receives an invitation to join the Bunnies for one of their mysterious "Smut Salons". From there, she spirals deeper into a world of art, love, hate, and everything in between. "Bunny" is a lot of things - gory, funny, sad, introspective - but it´s never boring. I can´t wait for the sequel, "We Love You, Bunny", due for release this September!

Samantha gets pulled into the dark circle of the 'oh so lovely' bunnies and soon everything what happens is in a blur. Does she really belong to a group of girls with fantastic abilities or is something more sinister happening? But who wouldn't want to be part of them? Certainly not you, Bunny? Come along on this fever dream of a story and read about what happens, when the Mean Girls meet horror.

I can absolutely see, why this book would be pretty hit or miss for most people; you either love or hate it. If you're open to a fever dream of a story, this one is for you! I thoroughly enjoyed it!

What starts out as a teen drama filled with feelings of jealousy, inadequacy, the urge to fit in and the loneliness of being an outsider, quickly turns into a sugary-sweet fever dream. Samantha, the lone wolf in her literary class, gets invited to the secret hangouts of the 'bunnies', an exclusive girl group and seemingly a hivemind. At first, these hangouts seem like nothing more than an erotic bookclub, but they soon turn out to be much, much more than that... Mona Awad combines teen drama with the mystery genre and supernatural elements. Did she succeed? Who am I to judge. But I can say for sure that I was entertained, eventhough I sometimes lost track of the plot. Her writing style is remarkable and very detailed. This book is for you if you´re fine with having a good time while reading but not knowing what the hell is going on. It´s wild.