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Bunny by Mona Awad

186 reviews

katerina_l's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Violence, Gore, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, and Blood

natyourusual_'s review against another edition

dark funny reflective 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

5.0

Very tense and creepy most of the time. The whole thing sort of creeps up on you and leaves you with this overall feeling of dread. I was going to give it a 4 since a lot of the plot beats felt predictable but some of the newer elements introduced in the second half/last third and the ending made me bump it up a lot. It felt a LOT like dark academia Heathers with heavy influences from a particular classic novel that gives a lot away if I mention it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Torture, Confinement, and Death

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Vomit, and Misogyny

kaylokay_'s review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol, Body horror, Drug use, Murder, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

skillyillian's review against another edition

Oh my god I cannot spend another minute with this. The FMC comes off so whiny and self-pitying, her best friend is one of the most selfish, disrespectful, toxic and cringey edgelords I've ever read, and the bunnies are genuinely intolerable. This whole thing reads like something written in high school during the peak of someone's "I'm not like other girls" pick-me era. Maybe that's the whole point and I'm missing the forest for the trees here but I can't listen to another minute of how whiny and pathetic the FMC is. I'm not going to waste another nine hours of my life on this, I'm sorry but I just can't 😮‍💨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Cursing

Minor: Rape and Murder

brianna71597's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I don’t think I’ve ever been more confused but also know what’s going on at the same time while reading a book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

dajul73's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

I will have to rate this book at a later date. I both hated it and yet was addicted to it. I'm not sure what I just read and need time to digest this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Alcohol, Addiction, Violence, Death, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Bullying, Kidnapping, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Murder, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body horror, and Torture

wannabe_lee's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, and Drug use

Minor: Abandonment, Car accident, Alcohol, Addiction, Rape, and Alcoholism

heartofhorrors's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Body horror, Mental illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death, and Murder

katelynnelawson's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Not 100% sure what I just read but I mostly enjoyed it. Themes of the power creativity, the performance of femininity and connection, and the danger of isolation. I didn’t agree with some of the critique of the traditional femininity, but Samantha’s refusal to perform in the final chapter was satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Body horror, and Animal death

Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent, Addiction, and Rape

loxeletters's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What an interesting read! I especially enjoyed the themes of faux-feminism, the absurdity of academia, and the relationship between you and your creation. Regarding that last point, I think I might have benefitted from having read Frankenstein? It seems there's some links here, but that's just guess work. I still really enjoyed this, and though I didn't cry, the ending broke my heart.

It was quite depressing at times, which is why I couldn't rate this as "funny" even though the satirical aspects worked well. I guess that is the horror of this book for me - I wasn't very affected by the gore, I was never really scared, more just very depressed by the ongoing loneliness of our MC.

I can't say I could've guessed most of the major twists, which is a plus :)
Speaking of which, I agree that it's quite disorienting and difficult to figure out what is real and what isn't, but I think that's the point. I mean... They even discuss in the book how disorientation can be valuable for writing lol.

I did think the final scene was maybe a bit too clean-cut.
 

Maybe the way her relationship to Jonah is portrayed could have used some more nuance. He was always nice, sure, but I feel like her realisation that he just doesn't care about others' judgement doesn't really make up for the contempt she had for him throughout the book. He is always portrayed as so pathetic, and I can't really reconcile this with her attitude towards him at the end.

 
But this is somewhat nit-picky!

My second issue was the prose - overall it was good, but some phrasings were a bit repetitive for me. Maybe some adjectives could've been cut out as well. But that's just my personal taste, I think.

Overall, a very interesting book, which leaves you questioning what is real and what isn't, while providing some much-needed cultural criticism — exactly my cup of tea!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Toxic friendship, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Gore, Murder, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content and Car accident