Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Bunny by Mona Awad

206 reviews

klong17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

This book sits comfortably in-between sci-fi, dark academia, extended metaphors, and psychological thriller. The unreliable narrator allows the author to make the story intentionally vague. It’s hard to know what’s real and what’s not. If taken literally, this story is a gore-y expression of art going too far, if taken has a metaphor, it’s a journey of an outcast battling loneliness and cliques in an isolated community. I think the author intends for it to be both. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying and Blood

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Due to the extended metaphor, it’s unclear if all of these things ACTUALLY happen, but they are mentioned/perceived by narrator

meemzala's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

A solid 3. Recommended to me by my dad. I usually really like his taste but this book was too over the top in too many directions. It makes me think that he hasn't read very many modern books that inhabit the space in the venn diagram of girlhood and horror. It was just a pretty amateur writing style. Concept was interesting but overall, juvenile. I would have devoured and been obsessed with this book as a teen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lnaikennedi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

spookily's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

thegayestghost's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

sarahb919's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.0

Truly wild and I’m still not entirely sure what happened. Definitely something. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing and Sexual violence

Minor: Ableism, Racism, Rape, Antisemitism, and Car accident

nico_reads_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

tiaroseshang's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

deetabz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Self harm, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

justacowboy's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Body horror, Blood, and Alcohol