Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Bunny by Mona Awad

196 reviews

erikwmj's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gore, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexism, Rape, and Sexual violence

jetromeo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Animal death

Moderate: Classism, Sexual content, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

tillynancy's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Drug abuse, Body horror, Body shaming, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

krazykris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I am not sure what just happened. Read All's Well in this year which was phenomenal. I was not expecting this book to be so insane from the start. Will need weeks to mull this one over

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Classism, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Mental illness

booklover_04's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

1.0

First of all, I wasn’t sure what I was going into when I picked up this book. Not my cup of tea in terms of the genre, but I wanted to give it a fair shot so I read until the end. I found that the writing style was very immature. To me, it sounded like something I would’ve read in high school. But the content was disturbing. 

I didnt feel like the end was satisfying, though it felt like it was supposed to be a closed ending with the scene where Max attacks the Bunnies. It didn’t feel like there was a smooth transition (or any transition for that matter) between Samantha coming out of the trance-like state and going back to Ava.

It felt rushed but drawn out at the same time. I think the length of the book was enough to do a better job of building up the characters and the plot. I wouldn’t recommend it personally, even putting aside my distaste for the plot, due to the writing style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Sexual content, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, and Torture

rhyce_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Bullying, and Animal death

Minor: Gaslighting

lexigoyette's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

WTF did I just read? A fever dream I enjoyed wholeheartedly.

‘Rouge’ in a different font.

The Heathers meets Frankenstein, but set in a pretentious academia setting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Mental illness and Bullying

zalleana's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit and Addiction

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Alcohol

paigespages08's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

4.25

honestly this is my mean girls maybe I'm not smart enough to fully understand it but holy shit. the parts I did understand were so unreal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Murder, Animal death, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping, Drug use, and Stalking

Minor: Car accident

alebrijedecereza's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

i read this in one night. I think i have to read it over and over again this was so utterly confusing and absolutely insane. A phantasmagoria of images that just barely make sense. But in the best way ;)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Death, Vomit, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting