Seven Rabbits

Destiny suggested this as a buddy read and I'm always down to buddy read with her no matter what it is. This isn't a book I would have picked up on my own but I'm glad I did read it because I ended up really liking it. This isn't for the faint of heart. This book was a lot. There's murder, rape, abortion really you name it this book probably has it, and the author wasn't afraid to get into the gruesome details. I didn't like how it switched back and forth between past in present or between characters with each chapter. It made it a little hard to stay in the story when you're trying to figure out what characters perspective we are getting. The present chapters were pretty fast paced but when it would switch to telling something that happened in the past it kind of slowed the progress down a little. I liked getting the past chapters, but I feel like they needed to be done differently somehow. Like I said this book was a lot and it was hard to read at times so be sure to check trigger warnings. I'm glad I read this one and I can totally see myself reading more by this author.

God DAMN, I love a good vengeance story.

I loved the way this story was told, alternating chapters between present and past events. It gave us a chance to get to know and feel for the victims without being bogged down with massive info dumps or overly long and gratuitous assault scenes.

I'm usually really wary of horror books featuring sexual assault as a main premise because many of the more extreme ones I've read handled it VERY poorly, but it was easy to see the care and respect the author handled those scenes with. There are quite a few painful moments in this book that will break your heart and make you rage.

Overall, Seven Rabbits was beautifully written and I can't wait to read more from this author!

Buddy read with Misty!

✨ Content warnings for: rape, rape culture, gang rape, leaked nudes without consent, abuse, threats, blackmail, abortion (off-page), suicide, misogyny, religious bigotry, abuse of police power, racism, violence, gore, torture, murder, desecration of corpses, alcohol, underage drinking, loss of loved ones, grief, pregnancy complications/maternal death (off-page), bullying, fat-shaming