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izypup's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Toxic friendship
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Classism
booklover_04'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? It's complicated
1.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
haleybre's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
zalleana's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction and Vomit
Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism
alebrijedecereza's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
bronzestars's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Cursing and Blood
Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Vomit, Car accident, and Death of parent
chasingpages1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism
knkoch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Watching an interview afterwards between Mona Awad and Maragaret Atwood helped clarify Awad’s intentions for me, and I understand a little more that I struggled with the satirical, horror, and deep fairy tale symbolism she employed. I enjoy character-driven, emotional storytelling, and this is not that (which is fine, obviously). I think the unconventional twists horror fiction takes throw me, and I struggled here to be interested in the Bunnies, their creations, Ava, and most strongly MC Samantha. I always struggle to empathize with characters who engage in self-destructive drinking, which is a personal thing for me, but so much of the plot felt pointless and absurd, and I lost touch with caring about the characters or what happened to them. Perhaps Awad was trying to say something about people rather than through them, but I strongly prefer the latter. It’s not that I need characters to be virtuous or without flaws, but I need them to be interesting, and I could not sustain interest in Bunny’s characters.
The writing felt quite fatuous at times, leaning into excessive hyperbole, and I didn’t enjoy the style. I did like what Awad said about unbridled vs. controlled creativity in her interview, but I did not pick up on that enough in the book itself. I guess my most positive feedback is that this was definitely thought-provoking, in that even though I disliked it, it made me think a lot about why that was, what the author was going for, and what I didn’t understand!
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence, and Vomit
aclaws'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
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Blood, and Classism
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Self harm, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship
Minor: Death of parent
hannah_et1982'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
2.0
It was certainly easy to read, I'll give it that, but I kept waiting for something that never came. I kept waiting for there to be a reason why this book was slut-shaming so much. Kept waiting for it to be funny like all the blurbs claimed it to be. Kept waiting for the characters' actions and motivations to make sense. Kept waiting to find out what was so dark about Samantha's writing that it was worse than the girls writing about rape and murder.
Honestly, I don't know what I think about this book. I know I didn't enjoy it. I didn't find the characters compelling and despite the over-the-top plot, I found the story as a whole pretty boring. I don't know what I was looking for, but this wasn't it.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Rape and Vomit