Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Bunny by Mona Awad

438 reviews

bronzeageholly's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

Creepy, lusty, bunny? 

Vivid characters? Yes!
Unreliable narrator? Yes!
Strange and unholy happenings in a friendship group? Yes! Yes!

The theme of loneliness in this book was heart aching and gripping, and shown in ways I’ve never come across before. It was a struggle to put it down to sleep!

I’m not sure I always understood (or even liked) our protagonist, but her unsettling and unrelenting university experience was now mine too, and I wasn’t going to let her go it alone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Classism

whatlaceyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Very dark interesting story. Very metaphorically written - which can be hard to follow at times. I absolutely did not expect the twist at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

enf87's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I was impressed by the writing style of the author, but certain elements of the plot fell flat for me. We never really learn much about the main character and her motivations behind the friendships she forms.

We also never learn anything about how the bunny rituals work - how/why. It's an odd thing to keep mysterious and that felt dissatisfying to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

karalara's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

twilightfan420's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

Such disorienting world building! I felt swept up in the confusion, chaos and blurred reality throughout reading it, so much so that I was thinking about this book like it was my real life and my real friends. The satirization of academia paired with the stark class division was funny in an uncanny way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Murder

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was "interesting". However, I legit never knew what was going on, and although the events that transpired were psychotic, like a literal fever dream. I kid you not sometimes I thought this book was just a product of Samantha's stories because in the book it mentions how dark and twisted Samantha's stories are (that was not the case). This book was really hyped so I read it, but I can't really say that I enjoyed my experience reading it. This story had no purpose. Like what was the point of anything that happened?!😭😂  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Blood

Minor: Misogyny

bold_badger's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Death of parent

catzngoenz's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

Girls that get it, get it, girls that don't, don't.

And im the girl that doesn't get it.

Most of the book was me trying to figure out which character is which, where i am and what am i doing. As soon as the story picks up pace i immediately fell back again to the where, what, who, when. 

Could be just me and my comprehensive skill but yeh, not a book for me. 

i guess the part where they reveal ava is made up also is pretty interesting but again, i was too lost and confused to actually process anything

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

imogenlj's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A bitingly satirical evaluation of female friendship and the echo chamber of academic elitism turns into a ‘what-the-f***’ horror-thriller that boggles just as it enthrals.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Car accident, and Death of parent

sleepykatz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

if you didn't join a cult at least once, did you even go to college?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape and Self harm