Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty

98 reviews

lucyatoz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

Blandine isn't like the other residents of her building. Welcome to the Rabbit Hutch. 

Well, that was a reading experience I was not expecting at all! The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty is a gut retching novel, with an online obituary writer, an old couple who have a rodent problem, a young mother with a secret and four teenagers who have aged out of state foster care, living as neighbours in a run down, lost cost apartment block. The story is set over the space of a week and accumulates with a violent stabbing. 

I appreciated how the narrative was written and how the story elicited strong emotions as I read it, however I felt that it did not flow exactly and sometimes the plot lacked focus. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Really love the premise, the purple prose, and the mystery of the apartment complex’s inhabitants. I wish that the plot was a bit more fleshed out for some of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Classism

gia0203's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

not for everyone - I didn’t even think it was for me at first. but the more I read, the more I enjoyed it, and the more intimately attached to the book I became. weird and wonderful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Violence

hegatron's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

emzireads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

milliebrierley's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Blood

laurataylor's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

samseyz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.25

While I did find this book to be interesting, there were some moments where the characters were a bit too pretentious. While I did appreciate the various themes and social commentaries, I feel like it was hammered in a bit too much at times. One of my favorite aspects was how interconnected the characters were.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction

theflowergarden's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape

daniellemjoyce's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape