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This was one of the wildest books I have ever read. I’ve never really experimented with psychological horror, but this book was recommended by a friend, and jeez, did it surpass expectations. I can honestly say this was one of the first books I genuinely couldn’t anticipate what was going to happen next which was thrilling and made it difficult to put this book down!
The premise of Bunny is that a group of Creative Writing majors work on a project that blurs the lines between reality and fiction. Samantha, left out of the group for years, secretly yearns to join the rest of her cohort; who call each other “bunny” and hug with such ferocity it seems like their bones will break. Finally, the girls invite her to come over for a “Smut Salon” and after a night of very strong alcohol and spilling her secrets, Samantha is allowed into the inner circle. A strange bond overtakes her as they work on their cross-disciplined thesis proposals and soon she finds herself completely absorbed. Only her best friend Ava is able to free her from her daze, but by the time Samantha finds herself again, she has done irreparable damage. I left this book with an overwhelming sense of things being unfinished, but that’s life; it keeps coming whether you are ready or not. It’s our choice what we do with it.
“I have no dirty, mysterious life. I have no life.”
The biggest takeaway I got from this story is that every life is important and can get better, no matter how small you may feel; you just have to make the choice. Sam lived in a fantasy world for most of her life and frequently told lies as a child simply because they were more exciting than the truth. Her lines between reality and fiction had always been blurred which made for an increasingly unreliable narrator. However, the cohort of women were able to create something entirely new and semi-monstrous. Did they discover this method on their own or did Sam, who they find is naturally adept, show them the way without realizing? How does their “workshop” even work? Drugs seem to be used, but what kind?
“But I wasn't listening. I wasn't stopping. Because we were already running away again, me and my imagination.”
More than anything though, this book is about growing up and that’s what we talk about best here at Now What?. All of the characters in this story end up branching out and becoming their own people. That happens when your life is about to change drastically. And, finally, we see Sam come to a crossroads; does she stay in her beautiful made-up world or does she accept people, and herself, as they are with all of their complexities?
Find out in Bunny; you may be spooked, but you won’t regret it.
