Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Bunny by Mona Awad

56 reviews

danimacuk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Gore, Mental illness, Classism, Eating disorder, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Blood

bugaboobear's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.5

This was an interesting book, but it wasn't for me.

I really hate unreliable narrators and ambiguous endings and honestly I'm still not sure how I'm supposed to interpret this book. Was there any magic? Was it all just schizophrenia? If so, what the hell really happened with the Bunnies and Max at the end? I'm left with too many questions and a little pissed off.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Self harm, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent

lorenag5's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Gore, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Torture, and Toxic relationship

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Self harm, Blood, Death, and Kidnapping

lokes's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Drug use, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Murder, Drug abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Car accident, Medical trauma, Self harm, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Rape, Stalking, Bullying, and Kidnapping

skyeuqx's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Half wondering if the contents change with the reader. Some of this was too specific!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Gore

bhasknees's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Animal death

Moderate: Kidnapping and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use

moonyleo's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

i love understanding books (i read the reddit thread)

i also love changing my rating 5 times in an hour, dont mind me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape

mair_'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

THIS BOOK IS SO STRESSFUL TO READ.
If you just read part 1 and part 2 you'll be thinking um it's intense but like it's fine part 3 let me tell YOUU I was tense on the edge of my seat I hatteeeddd it but in a good way it was so difficult to read.
Definitely don't read this if you don't like an unreliable narrator, Samantha is like the most unreliable narrator ever but I loved it. I questioned so much what was real and you can really see the shift of how she sees the world throughout the book, and it definitely feels like you're living through it with her, it's crazy.

Also can i just say... max is so hot I cannot believe he was KILLED I want him BACK like I know he's a freak but PLEASE 🙄🙄

The book goes in a very different direction than I thought it would near part 3 and I honestly started not enjoying it too much, hence the minus .5 stars, but this book had me on the edge of my seat the entire time, read it regardless in 3 sittings I LOVED it. The ending is a smack in your face that leaves you with a hole in your chest so yeah <3 read it

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, and Violence

Minor: Stalking, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Car accident, and Rape

rionstorm's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.5

 I have mixed feelings on this book? There's some cool modern fantasy/fairytale stuff in there, but it's also written in a very clumsy fanfic style at times? There is SO much laboured, cheesy description, it can be a lot. The writing flipped between pretty good and really bad randomly. The main character is also quite insipid, and very much embodies the "I'm not like other girls" trope. Overall feels very cotton candy, with mild body horror and gore mixed in. I did, however rly enjoy the fun being picked at academic creative language.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Gore, Body horror, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, and Kidnapping