Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Bunny by Mona Awad

405 reviews

cinderpot's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

SAMANTHA INLOVE WITH AVA IS THE BEST THING EVER BUT THE FACT THAT AVA DIES IS THE WORST THING EVER I WANNA CRYYYY

AMAZING BOOK!!! Got it and thought it was interesting and it was so much better than the back of the book. Get ready for a heathers and Melanie Martinez mv rollercoaster of emotions and plot line. Some parts are questionable but absolute epitome of metaphorical horror/ psychology cult thriller!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Violence

ella_ruby's review against another edition

dark mysterious

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

3.0

Yes to messed up main characters. My rating also includes that I was too dumb to understand the book

because my friend who lent it to me had to spell out how unreliable the narrator was that nothing happened and suddenly it all made sense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Blood

natyourusual_'s review

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

whatiskatelynreading'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

absolutely bizarre - loved

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Blood

kaylokay_'s review

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

josefina_na's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

ericvreadsstuff's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Gore, Gaslighting, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal death

marissanbullis's review

dark medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

anispaperbacks's review

dark mysterious fast-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

3.0

This was a really odd book, and I don't mean that in a bad way. 

I really loved some of the writing, especially the way some things are described or the vivid similes used. I read this really quickly and that was refreshing after my previous, long and emotional wrecking reads.

I reckon I have a fairly decent understanding of the story, but I do know that I could definitely delve deeper into it. However, I'm happy just having gone along for the ride and I don't really feel that compelled to dive into the contents of the book that much. I enjoyed the freaky, girly, strangeness to it and it did its job to fill me with such an odd feeling at times.

I didn't really understand the line at the end with the mud but that's ok.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content and Gore

Minor: Rape, Vomit, and Racial slurs