#cursed bunny

[tennisdadsaficionado]

So I checked Cursed Bunny out of the library last week. It's going to hit a bunch of prompts on 3 or 4 different reading challenges for the year.

Linda, our lovely librarian, took one look at it as I collected the reservation, read the blurb and went 'oh yeah that's going to be right up your street'

It's a collection of short stories, translated from Korean, and promised to be 'a genre-defying collection of short stories [...] blurring the lines between magical realism, horror, and science-fiction, Chung uses elements of the fantastic and surreal to address the very real horrors and cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism in modern society.'

I've read the first two short stories so far and yes. YES. They are delightfully disturbing and I absolutely loved them. Definitely an author I will be seeing if I can get more of!

[kingkylee13]

books i read in april

cursed bunny by bora chung⭐️⭐️⭐️

i gave this book three stars out of fear. did not like it but i can respect it. i am so afraid of bodily functions not working correctly, especially pregnancy! let alone the complications that can come with it!!!!

coffin moon by keith rosson⭐️⭐️⭐️

i looooove vampires <3 i feel like this book played into the stereotypes of silver and sunlight in a way that didn’t make it feel overplayed. this story’s hero is a 13 year old girl(yes!!!!), aren’t they always the only ones strong enough to get a job done? i love a good revenge story fueled by vampiric love on both sides of the fight.

never flinch by stephen king⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

so good!!!! i hope we have a million more holly gibney stories! my favorite stephen king books are the ones where the real horror is just a racist homophobe with daddy issues. holly gibney has a gun motherfucker!

canticle by janet rich edwards⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

this book was hard to get through as someone who suffered through a catholic upbringing. i will never understand why it is frowned upon to question the world you see in front of you. we can find more meaning in everything when it’s put to the test. christ based teachings have been twisted and manipulated to fit the popular narrative since the beginning of time! i don’t want to hear what an old white man has to say about jesus or god or the bible. everything is god, “my, me is god,” and he lets bad things happen and no matter how angry i am, i will still pray the holy mary when i am afraid.

[astreult]

If I could make a wish, I want to be just a little happier. If I become too happy, I will miss sadness.

Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

[astreult]

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

2025-12-06

Was recommended this book from a Tiktok as a diverse horror novel. I feel like the concept of having multiple stories in one book is good in the way that they're all so completely different that if you get disappointed by one, you have the hope for the next one being better.

Some had a good concept (like the last story "Reunion"), but clearly very underdeveloped. The story of the Ruler of the Winds and Sands is another example, that was a story that you could write a whole book on, instead it was just 20 pages speedrunning the whole thing. With no build up or meat on the bones, everything happening just made no sense.

Other stories were just plain bad. I don't get "The Head". Off-putting, sure, but made no sense. Or I'm just to dumb to see the second layer.

Rating: 4/10.

[scarlethood]

everyone stop what you're doing and read Bora Chung's Cursed Bunny right now

[theragingmoon]

cursed bunny by bora chung

@angela_balla

[therefugeofbooks]

matching colors 🍓✨

[therefugeofbooks]

Currently reading Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung