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Bunny by Mona Awad

73 reviews

dreareads_'s review against another edition

dark emotional tense

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

5.0

Short review for now:

I loved it. My friends and I talked about this book for HOURS sharing theories and interpretations. I will share later on!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Gore, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic friendship, Addiction, and Body horror

carefulfearanddeaddevotion's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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very atmospheric, but that’s about all i got from this book. reading bunny was like having my brain pulled out of my head and wrung out. maybe i just ~didn’t get it~ but i REALLY did not get it. 

overly flowery(?)/metaphorical(?)/confusing(?) (idk what word i wanna use, maybe that’s because Mona Awad stole all of them and put em in her book). 

it just seems like the book wants the reader to think “wow! what an intelligent book and how intelligent am i for reading it,” sacrificing comprehensibility for it. i’m not saying books need to spoonfeed their readers because i hate THAT too but i could have done with like 2% more explanation / clarity. reading this book felt like watching a movie with a (veryy lovely) silk scarf over my eyes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Addiction, and Drug abuse

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

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

juliiitschka's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Body horror, Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, Classism, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Sexual content, Car accident, and Rape

katerina_l's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Violence, Gore, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, and Blood

ibshaver's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

3.25

I felt like this book was attempting to be something so elaborate that it just could not quite grasp. I found it sort of hard to follow at times and at the end some things didn't feel resolved enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Gore

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Addiction and Grief

dajul73's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

I will have to rate this book at a later date. I both hated it and yet was addicted to it. I'm not sure what I just read and need time to digest this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Alcohol, Addiction, Violence, Death, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Bullying, Kidnapping, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Murder, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body horror, and Torture

wannabe_lee's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, and Drug use

Minor: Abandonment, Car accident, Alcohol, Addiction, Rape, and Alcoholism

katelynnelawson's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

4.0

Not 100% sure what I just read but I mostly enjoyed it. Themes of the power creativity, the performance of femininity and connection, and the danger of isolation. I didn’t agree with some of the critique of the traditional femininity, but Samantha’s refusal to perform in the final chapter was satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Body horror, and Animal death

Moderate: Classism, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent, Addiction, and Rape