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ambenicole418's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I can’t really explain this book or my feelings on it, but I feel like there is definitely some commentary in here on loneliness and isolation, and the lengths our brain will go to help us cope with these feelings, especially when we look at Samantha and Ava’s friendship. Honestly, I think I might have enjoyed forming my own/reading other people’s interpretations of this book more than I enjoyed reading the book itself.
I do wish we got to spend some more time inside the bunny cult though. Their hive mind dynamic, weird hybrid rituals, and how desensitized they were to all of it were the most interesting parts of the book, and it feels like we spent a criminally short amount of time with them in that space.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
lynshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
dominiquecoral's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Violence
herelieshenry's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
- some of the surrealist passages are fantastic, and the author is very good at writing things in a surreal way, especially portraying normal things as such
- the dynamic between Ava and Samantha is very interesting in contrast to Samantha, the Bunnies, and men
- some of the stylistic grammar-breaking choices work, but a lot of them don’t; particularly the recurring all-caps and multi-exclamation point moments irked me
- the “gore” moments were honestly more silly than anything, particularly when half of the time it’s just “and then [xyz] literally exploded”
- there are a lot of really out of place, pointless moments of bigotry that would not alter the story or tone at all if they were removed, particularly the weird references to lizard people conspiracies, the R slur & derogatory comparisons to disabled people, and the usage of the G slur to describe a Romani woman; it comes across very much as the author just not giving a shit about it
I think there could be a good book chipped out of Bunny with more editing, but it just fell flat to me. People also misrepresent what this book actually is a lot when recommending it; I wish I had actually known what sort of book this was when going into it rather than what it gets portrayed as.
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Drug use, Gore, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol
literary__mary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Murder
Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Suicide
kt2e56's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Self harm, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content
culown's review against another edition
4.25
It kinda lost me in the third part but still a fun and interesting read
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Excrement, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
armontheroad's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcohol
heyyitsmel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Animal death and Sexual content
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
abbycrotts's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Gore
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment
the gay subtext is extreme this book is gayer than the explicitly gay book i read earlier