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Bunny by Mona Awad

46 reviews

taviarz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Feels very white. But it’s good and layered just felt like it wasn’t exactly for me. Loved the discussion surrounding the feeling of loneliness though. Like if A24 was a book or if gaslighting was a book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Murder, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, Torture, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Body horror, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Self harm and Grief

rosesofthespring's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

If you're looking for a Lovecraft-inspired novel about the cosmic horror of toxic female friendships, I'm happy to tell you that your extremely specific search is at an end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Death, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Car accident, Gaslighting, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Self harm, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Excrement, Gun violence, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

kathleencoughlin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

4.5

Bunny is spooky, culty horror novel reminiscent of Jennifer's Body, Heathers, or Scream Queens. Samantha starts as an outsider and who often exudes "not like other girls" vibes; one of the Bunnies said something to the effect of her liking to wallow in her own grittiness and that's a fairy apt description. She seems to be staunchly anti-Bunny, not just for their cliquishness but also for their overt femininity. But like many good stories of the genre, I see how someone could be drawn into the fold. Tiny cupcakes, nice clothes, and a seemingly single-minded camaraderie sounds like a good deal, right? We soon learn though that their twee exteriors hide something not just passive aggressive but primal and dark. Overall, I really enjoyed Awad's book and think she did a better job than a lot of similar media at addressing the classism and underlying grief that inform stories like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Animal death

Moderate: Torture, Self harm, Murder, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Body horror

Minor: Classism, Homophobia, Addiction, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Grief

ekmook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Self harm, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

jetpackdracula's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Gore, Grief, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Body horror

summonhaylz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Holy cow! I read the book for Katie Colson's book club and honestly I had no idea what was really happening in the book. Once I listened to her explaining the book it easily turned into a 5 🌟 book. The way Mona Awad takes the unreliable narrorator trope and flips it on it's head is nothing less than a masterpiece! Will definitely be re-reading again! Now that I know the explanation, I know the second re-read will be enjoyable!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Murder, Gore, and Cursing

if you already read the book and you're confused you're not alone. Every action in the book is 100% real. The bunnies are actually a cult of witches. Mona Awad wants you to think Amanda is crazy when in reality everything she's experiencing is actually happening! Read it again and it'll start making sense.

lauraeerika's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

hi bunny darling you scared the living shit out of me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, Violence, Alcoholism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual content

avrowland96's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Torture, Bullying, and Blood

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent

helenope's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

bukowski meets surfacing by margaret atwood but also?? huge fever dream. i liked it, but also, it was a little too much sometimes. never really knew where the story was going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

edenangus's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism and Self harm