In my review for Mona Awad’s Bunny, I had said that I thought the Bunnies (the clique of rich girls that the main character does not like but wants to be part of) are the more interesting characters. I take that back. I was completely wrong. We Love You, Bunny is a slog to read.

SPOILERS AHEAD for Bunny in case you plan on reading it.

In We Love You, Bunny, the Bunnies kidnap Samantha Heather Mackey while she is on tour promoting her bestselling book (which is supposed to be Bunny) and keep her tied up in the attic room where they made their bunny-men hybrids. Their intention is to set the record straight and recount their side of the story to show that they are not really the horrible people that Samantha portrays them as in her book, but they do not succeed at doing that.

The Bunnies, whose names are really Coraline, Kyra, Viktoria and Elsinore, are unpleasant and unoriginal and not interesting at all. They are a fucked-up group of narcissistic frenemies who do not conceal their disdain for each other, but this still does not make me like Samantha any better. All I am getting from Awad’s novels is that all writers, regardless of their background, are self-absorbed and pretentious.

The Bunnies’ story begins with their first year at Warren and their first workshop, which is led by the Scottish writer Allan. United in their anger against Allan for his eviscerating critiques of their writing, the Bunnies somehow manage to turn a bunny into a gorgeous man who instead of being cobbled together by different body parts is cobbled together by different aspects of their souls?? Personalities?? They call this first bunny-man Aerius because he has a package of the allergy medication in his pocket of the jacket he is wearing when they conjure him.

The Bunnies become disappointed with Aerius because he is indifferent to them while they believe that they love him, and they desperately try to “revise” him into their conflicting ideas of the perfect companion. Their desperation drives Aerius to run away with Kyra’s ax and the strong desire to kill Allan.

Aerius story is interesting at first as his narration reads like a manic Frankenstein’s “monster” mixed with Jane Eyre. But his story takes up a huge section of the novel and becomes interminable to read. I just wanted it to end already so I could get to a different book that I was waiting to read.

The Bunnies do not even know how they conjured Aerius, or the other bunny-men that come after him, so of course the reader never finds out, and I wanted an explanation dammit!

We Love You, Bunny is a lot just to say that writers need to learn how to let their works go before they revise their works to death. Awad should have just left it with Bunny and not bothered with this novel.