Unfortunately this one did not live up to the hype and I feel bad for that. It wasn't terrible, just not good an overwritten

Great debut. Thought provoking and emotional but expected to like it more than I did. Many POV made it a bit confusing at times. Check the trigger warnings.

I’m simply not in the mood for something so quirky, yet grim and overwritten. I think it could use a good edit to clean up some of the inner monologue.

Yet I say that I think Tess does a good job of showing a bit of small town Indiana community in this one.

DNF @ 55%

The Rabbit Hutch is an ensemble story centering on the occupants of a low-income housing complex and the intersections of their occupants. Almost all of the characters in this story seem completely incapable of living up to expectations. This was extremely well-written and I would definitely read more from this author.

How delightful! Somehow this book manages to be expansive and narrow in focus all at once. Excellent dialogue, great character exploration.

I really liked the overarching story of this book, however this book is just extremely disjointed, which is disappointing because this author really has a gift. I felt that each section really needed to tie in to the original storyline in some way for this type of formatting to work. I really liked the atmosphere in the book and felt that there was so much that could have been done to include this as well. I would be interested to read more from this author to really see what she could do. Thanks for the ARC, NetGalley.

This book is luminous, the prose is fantastic, and the story necessary. it is very giftable to anyone who likes beautiful literature with cultural importance

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a free advanced copy of this book to read and review.

I just finished this book and I truly still don't know what it was about. Unfortunately it was very jumbled for me and it was hard to see what the author was trying to do. It felt more like a series of short stories that didn't have a beginning or end? I do not recommend.

Even though I would generally say I focus more on character driven stories and want to be entranced by the writing, this is one of those times I must confess that I am a simple person who wants a story arc and for the plot to move things along.

The setting is a bleak and some of the characters lives are even bleaker, if this is your jam, have at it.

I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via Net Galley.

I would ultimately describe this book as perplexing. I enjoyed reading it, but afterwards I found myself wondering what was the point, or whether I had missed something. I liked Gunty’s inventiveness with language and how unafraid the book was to be unabashedly weird, but ultimately it just didn’t 100% come together for me.

A lot of characters, none of whom I was interested in reading about. A very loose story that was also uninteresting for the most part. A writing style that felt like it was trying to be clever and experimental and just came off as amateurish and unengaging. Lots of chapters that didn't go anywhere or add anything. Bloated, vague storytelling - not for me.

Finally read this for the paperback, and holy god, this is a BRILLIANT book. everything ever said about this novel is true. It owns my heart.

The description “A tale of loneliness and community, entrapment and freedom” initially drew my interest to this book. The set up of this novel is incredibly intricate as the reader is introduced to a wide cast of characters whose convergence has cohesion but also feels random. There are a lot of thought provoking scenarios and the characters have good self awareness, but I kept asking myself, what exactly is the plot? And, do I really finish this novel? There were times I was just not interested to proceed, but, I did, I just hope the few rather jarring graphic descriptions leave my brain.

I am sorry for the inconvenience but I don’t have the time to read this anymore and have lost interest in the concept. I believe that it would benefit your book more if I did not skim your book and write a rushed review. Again, I am sorry for the inconvenience.

Thank you so much to the publisher for sending me an ARC!
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Unfortunately I DNFed this, it just didn’t catch my attention and maybe I’ll get into it again when Imm in the perfect headspace to give this another try!

The Rabbit Hutch has been mentioned on so many lists that I had to give it a read. The... quirky (shall we say?) characters from the apartment complex make up the narrative, and it's a story like no other. I liked the character of Blandine, but the story jumped around so it felt broken up.

This book is not for everyone and it just wasn't my cup of tea.

I reviewed this book on my Booktube channel several times. Here are the links:
https://studio.youtube.com/video/IwY6CfIrnpU/edit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpb-FDDMM1g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFUkAj-81Hs&t=13s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFUkAj-81Hs&t=13s

This was an interesting story but there were too many characters to follow along with. I love books with interconnecting stories but some just didn’t seem to fit with everything else happening. There were a couple that I wanted a little bit more of.

While this author has potential, the writing "ticks" were quickly recognizable and often repeated. Candidly, they are all I remember about this book.