Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Bunny by Mona Awad

189 reviews

sas_lk's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

"Can I just say I loved living in your lines and that's where I want to live now forever?"

Okay so I tried to not like this book, but I just really did. I loved descending into insanity with the characters, I loved questioning reality, I loved being transported into someone else's imagination - the author's and the main character's. 
To me this was about love, about loneliness, and about acceptance. Sometimes the world can make us feel like we're going insane - that we're insane in a world of the sane, or that we're the sane in a world of the insane.

The more I think about it, the more I love this novel. I want to write a book like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Violence, and Gaslighting

meganxstones's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

1.75

I don't know what's going on. I don't think I understand this one. Like... at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Gore, Body horror, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Violence, Addiction, Animal death, Death, Cursing, Classism, Death of parent, Murder, Bullying, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, and Mental illness

rhiannonafternoon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-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

4.5

What starts as a cross between Heathers and Dead Poets Society with Daria-esque characters, turns into a  mind-twisting tale where you’re not quite sure if you’re in a waking nightmare or not. Samantha’s unfortunate family life and outsider-ness lends itself to the underlying theme of “if you could create the perfect companion, would everything really be fixed?” 
There’s so much to this book. I think I’ll revisit it. This feels like a Donnie Darko rewatch where you’ll find something new on each read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Body horror

mybestfriendsarefictional's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

What kind of a fever dream was that, Bunny?

Clueless meets Mean Girls meets a really bad trip, I could not put this down. Compulsive, claustrophobic, compelling and downright bizarre. I loved it.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Drug use, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Gore, Confinement, Classism, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

heresyourletter's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Classism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

kimberlyyyreads's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Read this in a whole ass sitting.

This one is definitely a head scratcher alongside the acknowledgment that this is book is just a fucked-up fever dream LMAOOOOO.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Animal death, Gaslighting, Gore, and Death

ellisgoldstein's review

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Gore, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Violence, and Death of parent

stargirlmyaa's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Gore, Animal death, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Gaslighting

heynanhey's review

dark emotional funny sad 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

3.75

Darkly funny and deeply sad. At times also eerie, ominous, and disorienting in the best kind of way. A take on horror, creativity, loneliness, and the academic world that I didn’t know I needed. The ending was rather ambiguous, and I’m still digesting whether I liked how things wrapped up, but overall it was a really engaging ride!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Body horror, and Gore

kelisabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Car accident, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Animal death, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis