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Bunny by Mona Awad

54 reviews

ada_elisabeth's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I finished this book last night (well, today actually) at midnight, and I have a lot to say about this book, but it can mostly be summarized in the two following sentences: 'What in the world did I just read?' and 'Huh, I actually really liked that.' 

This was SO MUCH better than All's Well, another book by Mona Awad that I read about a month ago. They have a very similar vibe; weird, creepy, semi-supernatural things happen at a cozy New England university. I even felt that some of the characters were similar. (Something about Fosco/Ursula reminded me of Fauve and Grace. I don't know.) Both books featured an already 'weird' woman spiraling into the depths of loneliness and insanity. Both books were interesting explorations of female friendships and the pursuit of the arts. But despite their similarities, something about Bunny was just so much more appealing to me than All's Well. If All's Well was good, Bunny is a masterpiece. 

Goodreads has this tagged under horror, which I don't really agree with. Yes, there were some creepy and alarming moments, but overall, it wasn't necessarily scary. I don't really consume horror; my limits are a short horror story or an episode of Stranger Things, so I was kind of worried that Bunny would get too scary for me personally, but it never did. That being said, this is probably not suitable for young teenagers, just because I feel like the content requires a little more maturity overall. 

My other main thoughts are as follows: 
1. It always surprises me when I see my name in a book because I don't hear it very often in real life. This was also the first time I've ever seen someone confusing 'Ava' for 'Ada' instead of the other way around. It was a little jarring. 
2. The ending of this one was wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiild, much in the same way that the ending of All's Well was. Stick around for the end; you won't regret it. All sorts of insanity and chaos will ensue. 

Overall, 5/5 stars. I loved it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Kidnapping

isaaah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Gore, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Murder, Classism, and Drug use

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, and Sexual content

paigespages08's review

adventurous 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

4.25

honestly this is my mean girls maybe I'm not smart enough to fully understand it but holy shit. the parts I did understand were so unreal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Murder, Animal death, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping, Drug use, and Stalking

Minor: Car accident

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

4.5

Went blind into it so I didn't really know what to expect: Murder mystery? Thriller? Psychological horror? Horny? Well... Yes.
Magical realism needs to be this or bust from now on, Gabo move aside.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Animal death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Murder

piepatch's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Body horror

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Alcohol, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Bullying, Cursing, Blood, and Self harm

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Death of parent, Slavery, Infidelity, and Stalking

scmiller's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Self harm, Alcohol, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Murder, Abandonment, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Stalking, Torture, and Kidnapping

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• 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, Blood, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Cursing

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Torture, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Rape

gaylien420's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Violence, Alcohol, Drug use, Gun violence, Gore, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Cursing, Ableism, Rape, Bullying, Death, Self harm, Sexual violence, Addiction, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

oatmxlk's review

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Self harm, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Blood, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Animal death, and Gore

Minor: Rape and Violence

edamamebean's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Witty and funny and creepy and honestly just a great axe-wielding time. I especially love that I had no idea where the story was going for most of the book, and was just along for the ride. One of the blurbs said it was gonna be the weirdest book I read all year. It wasn’t (that award goes to Earthlings by Sayaka Murata without a doubt), but it was definitely very trippy. I think it had kind of similar vibes to the Netflix show Brand New Cherry Flavor. If you, like me, really really wish Carmen Maria Machado would write a full-length novel, then this book is for you. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Car accident, Rape, and Death of parent