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Bunny by Mona Awad

192 reviews

simplyammee's review against another edition

1.5

This book fucking sucked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism and Rape

They mention rape or the possibility of being raped but rape isn't actually within the book.

sennaje's review against another edition

dark fast-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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

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, Cursing, Drug abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

maidinnah's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Demented, feverish, and just plain strange, Bunny forcibly blends Mean Girls with Jennifer's Body into a bloody, satirical tale about cults, cliques, academia, repression, and internalized misogyny. You can either reject the novel because of its excessive animal symbolism and juvenile main character or tumble down the rabbit hole in a blurry, imaginative frenzy that leaves you dazed long after you read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Death, Self harm, Car accident, and Death of parent

unidentifiedfilipinoobject's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

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, Bullying, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

rustycups's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

This just might be my best book of the year and it's only March. The desent and continuous madness of this book is somthing I've never read before and I thurely enjoyed it. Many people find this book to confusing at certain points but I think it is ment to be that way and has a charm to it. This book has so many remberable quotes and is the first book I have ever felt the urge to tab. Overall I love this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Grief, and Alcohol

eliya's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.25

I did have a lot of fun reading this book. I love horror, I liked the way the narrator would slip in and out of thoughts & conversations. 

It was a little milquetoast in its character representation & ending. Like yeah of course they’re all white and of course they’re all thin and of course the outcast is a little alternative. Really disappointed with the use of the R word & ableism & fatphobia throughout the book. 

The ending was also lazy. Ha-ha the villains are broken and that’s their comeuppance? Broken limbs? There could have been so many more twists and turns but it was really like the one graphic thing that happened and everything else was the come down. I didn’t need all that info on how she was just laying in bed and the different ways in which she was laying in bed lmao.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Fatphobia

skeptic_hecate's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book made me cry, so instantly I gave it 5 stars. It is very strange, I don't think I have ever read a book like this before. I found the story as a dark and twisted yet hopeful allegory of a woman's sexual awakening and independence. Even characters that at first might seem cookie cutter and one dimensional turn out to be much more deeper than that. I was still left with many questions regarding the plot, which will encourage a re-read. I loved this book, it might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I highly recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Bullying

Human experiments

picklejacq's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Blood