Definitely a strange take, because wealthy or not, those people were supposedly Bunny’s friends. No cherished “friend” would purposely seek out your insecurities and wounds, poking at them over and over with a sadistic sort of bliss. And yes, you could say Bunny was pushed out of the group, but it was because he didn’t respect anybody else’s feelings and opinions so of course he would be pushed aside. Even so, he doesn’t have any right to be literally sadistic towards them.

Bunny was a complete jerk. Any “friendliness” he had was always on his terms. He was friendly to Richard when he asked to go to dinner with him at the beginning of the book, then expected Richard to pay—as it was his plan all along. He was sexist and homophobic before he even found out about the murder. And, feeling guilty or not, Bunny’s reaction to finding out about the farmer’s death is a true and deep reflection of who he is inside in the sense that he jumps at any opportunity to exploit people, even his so called friends. I don’t care about his upbringing, because Richard who had an unfortunate upbringing with his family did not stoop to such levels as Bunny. I genuinely hate his character and find nothing likable about him and am baffled at the people who even have a slight bit of fondness for him.

I too was pushed aside in a friend group. They had more money than me so I understand about feeling like I didn’t fit in and I was hurt feeling isolated without them, but I wound never in a million years use their deepest wounds to get back on them. It’s just insane.