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A review by futurama
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.0
1. The Head: Total shock factor, a risky opening story. can really make or break a reader. i hated it but it grossed me out so it worked.
2. The Embodiment: weird, dystopian story. as they say, kafka-esque
3. Cursed Bunny: absolute favorite. a tale of woe
4. The Frozen Finger: I read this a few times through. really enjoyed it. creepy and mysterious and all around weird. seems like it's straight out of Ligeia mag
5. Snare: A folk tale of morals. very classic. i would say it feels like an old folk tale from another culture, although it's all new. i think?
6. Goodbye, My Love: Classic sci-fi/robot tale. tale of robot sentience and classic robots gain human emotions/empathy
7. Scars: Another favorite. I tended to like the longer ones. A tale of the dark side of humanity. Loved the opening of the boy in the cave. depressing as hell.
8. Home Sweet Home: A twist on the classic haunted house tale. I predicted the twist early on, although I'm not sure if it was supposed to be a twist. really enjoyed. liked the part with the annoying neighbor and the car. true haunted house stories are more about horrific neighbors/tenants, HOAs etc
9. Ruler of the Winds and Sands: Classic fantasy tale of doing the right thing. Ok.
10. Reunion: Finally, a story with some vulnerability. A ghost story but not a ghost story.
I finished the collection really liking it but as I review the stories a couple weeks later, I'm not sure if I did so much. A lot of the stories felt like classic tales. Not a bad thing, but nothing super inventive. I'm just off of Sayaka Murata's Life Ceremony and I can't help but compare. Both collections I liked around 3 stories (also the longer ones). In Murata's collection, the stories I liked I really didn't like. However in Chung's, I liked all the stories (yes even the head. i hated it but it was a good story). It's a great collection and I'm having fun recommending it to people (IF they can get past the poop head).
2. The Embodiment: weird, dystopian story. as they say, kafka-esque
3. Cursed Bunny: absolute favorite. a tale of woe
4. The Frozen Finger: I read this a few times through. really enjoyed it. creepy and mysterious and all around weird. seems like it's straight out of Ligeia mag
5. Snare: A folk tale of morals. very classic. i would say it feels like an old folk tale from another culture, although it's all new. i think?
6. Goodbye, My Love: Classic sci-fi/robot tale. tale of robot sentience and classic robots gain human emotions/empathy
7. Scars: Another favorite. I tended to like the longer ones. A tale of the dark side of humanity. Loved the opening of the boy in the cave. depressing as hell.
8. Home Sweet Home: A twist on the classic haunted house tale. I predicted the twist early on, although I'm not sure if it was supposed to be a twist. really enjoyed. liked the part with the annoying neighbor and the car. true haunted house stories are more about horrific neighbors/tenants, HOAs etc
9. Ruler of the Winds and Sands: Classic fantasy tale of doing the right thing. Ok.
10. Reunion: Finally, a story with some vulnerability. A ghost story but not a ghost story.
I finished the collection really liking it but as I review the stories a couple weeks later, I'm not sure if I did so much. A lot of the stories felt like classic tales. Not a bad thing, but nothing super inventive. I'm just off of Sayaka Murata's Life Ceremony and I can't help but compare. Both collections I liked around 3 stories (also the longer ones). In Murata's collection, the stories I liked I really didn't like. However in Chung's, I liked all the stories (yes even the head. i hated it but it was a good story). It's a great collection and I'm having fun recommending it to people (IF they can get past the poop head).