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keen23's review
I tried a few times to read this, but it's just too British for me right now.
jwells's review
funny
While reading, I thought, this book is the opposite of a cozy. LOL It's about a thirteen-year-old boy who travels to the land of toys and has adventures with a talking teddy bear, what could be cuter? But Toy City is also the land of hard-boiled detective tropes, so the pair spend the book day drinking, visiting a brothel, and solving a serial killer case. If this collision of clashing moods made you laugh, you will love this book. If you just wrinkled your nose, don't even pick it up.
A minor recurring joke helped me nail down a pet peeve of mine. "Scholars might say [fill in something abstract and thinky] but they need to get a life and a girlfriend." Why is it always a girlfriend, and never a boyfriend? Is it because the picture in one's head of a scholar is a (straight) man? Or is it because getting a woman in your life, specifically, is the guaranteed way to make sure you no longer think about any "difficult" or abstract topics? Everyone knows women just think about shoe shopping and makeup, right? This joke sounds innocent, but there is a lot of baggage connected to it.
A minor recurring joke helped me nail down a pet peeve of mine. "Scholars might say [fill in something abstract and thinky] but they need to get a life and a girlfriend." Why is it always a girlfriend, and never a boyfriend? Is it because the picture in one's head of a scholar is a (straight) man? Or is it because getting a woman in your life, specifically, is the guaranteed way to make sure you no longer think about any "difficult" or abstract topics? Everyone knows women just think about shoe shopping and makeup, right? This joke sounds innocent, but there is a lot of baggage connected to it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Murder, Vomit, and Gun violence
Underage drinking, underage sex (with similarly aged partner). Prostitution. Other than that, mostly genre-typical tropes for a gritty hardboiled detective story, except half the characters are living toys. Yeah.mikeasauras's review
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Brilliant book for a club! Great read.
jess_mango's review
4.0
Cute & funny. "Hollow Chocolate Bunnies" kind of reminded me of Christopher Moore's books, or Alice in Wonderland, or Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
jodieb81's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
amywoo's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Good surreal toytown murders
zianeu's review
2.0
I prefer Jasper Fforde's Nursery Crime novels... and to have more of an answer about the bunny question.
Slow start. Not as good as The Armageddon Trilogy.
Slow start. Not as good as The Armageddon Trilogy.
karenleagermain's review
2.0
My first book of 2011 is Robert Rankin’s “The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse.” The book was definitely overflowing with creativity, but I didn’t really find it to be too compelling. I think it’s more that the book just wasn’t my cup of tea, rather than it being flat out bad.
It felt a bit too quirky, like Rankin was trying too hard. If it had not been recommended by both my boyfriend and his son, I don’t think I would have stuck with it. Good thing it was a very quick read! One bonus, I love the title! Also, I did enjoy reading the chapters that involved the detectives going to the television taping. It is obvious that Rankin has been part of a studio audience! The book provided a few good laughs, but failed to really grab my attention.
It felt a bit too quirky, like Rankin was trying too hard. If it had not been recommended by both my boyfriend and his son, I don’t think I would have stuck with it. Good thing it was a very quick read! One bonus, I love the title! Also, I did enjoy reading the chapters that involved the detectives going to the television taping. It is obvious that Rankin has been part of a studio audience! The book provided a few good laughs, but failed to really grab my attention.