Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Bunny by Mona Awad

119 reviews

annamgoodman's review

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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Classism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Alcohol, Addiction, Bullying, and Grief

shacara_shacara's review

challenging dark funny 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Self harm, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Blood, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

izypup's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Kidnapping, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, Misogyny, Stalking, Drug use, Cursing, Alcohol, Murder, Blood, Body horror, and Gore

Minor: Animal death, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Classism, Confinement, and Car accident

enyltiak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

I understand why this is one of those books you either love or hate. I definitely enjoyed it. I also think it's just a very strong experimental piece of literature, regardless of enjoyment. It's weird and a bit confusing, but a very interesting critique on the nature of art and its study—the repeated mention of the Work, the Body, the Performance, etc ring really true as a creative writing major (and former illustration major/art school attendee). Once you finish reading it, you really need to take a step back from it and see the whole picture.

Samantha, her imagination and creativity, and her fully-formed and fleshed out creations are juxtaposed with the work of the Bunnies and the trite nature of their stories—beautiful but lacking in depth and completion, not much beneath the shiny surface. Some of that's really on the nose (the diamond proems, my god!) but it's subtle enough under all the weird that some people will certainly miss it, especially other rich, pretentious artists who simply want to join the Bunnies on their mission. 

The writing style was something I really enjoyed; you truly feel as though you are alongside Samantha for this wild trip, woozing in and out of understanding as she does, feeling her feelings. It felt as though it truly was written in Samantha's writing style, as though this was the prose she was working on throughout the timeline of the novel, at least based on the comments made by the Bunnies and Fosco in their Workshop. An undeniably fascinating entry in the "dark academia" canon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Violence, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Drug use, Gore, Classism, Bullying, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death of parent

trackingmothman's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, and Violence

emmatram's review

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Bullying, Drug use, Violence, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Self harm, Classism, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape

gracieniems's review

funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

silly time, good popcorn beach/airplane reading. that lead character fucking sucks though, she’s the only thing that sours the fun.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Animal death, Classism, Bullying, Death, Body horror, and Blood

luckythenoun's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Toxic friendship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Classism

jetromeo's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Animal death

Moderate: Classism, Sexual content, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

krazykris's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

I am not sure what just happened. Read All's Well in this year which was phenomenal. I was not expecting this book to be so insane from the start. Will need weeks to mull this one over

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Classism, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Mental illness