Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Bunny by Mona Awad

437 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

zoe_wein's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, and Gaslighting

maggieschaper's review against another edition

I made it about halfway through the book before I decided not to finish. I really don’t like the story. I think the character development is trash. The story so far is predictable. It’s mostly just cringey, and usually I like the young adult cringe. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Murder, and Toxic friendship

fatfatrat's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use

sgrunwald96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

4.75

What a wild book. Creepy and odd, the prose feels as fluctuating as the content. Really cool. -.25 just because it feels like it could have been fanfiction about the author not fitting in during her time at an MFA at brown, but truly what a creative way to take it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

eefjeee's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Best book i read this year so far. It's the perfect kind of weird to me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Stalking

katiedyer80's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

em_gauts's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gore, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

mcrespo's review against another edition

dark funny 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

3.75

one of the most prominent features of awad's writing is her language. her use of literary devices is skillful, and her descriptors are lush and immersive. truly, her words were almost rhythmic at times, and i loved the way the main character, samatha, is so perfectly characterized in this first person narration. in addition to the language, the climax in bunny was so visceral and wonderful. the only let down, for me, was the ending of this novel. for all this momentum, it just seemed like the storyline sputtered out at the very end. this novel is dense with metaphors, and because of this, some people might find this novel a bit hard to grasp or get through. however, if you are a lover of eloquence and complex, metaphor dense plot lines, this book is definitely worth a read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Murder

nil033's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Self harm and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts