Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Bunny by Mona Awad

185 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

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

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

peasandpancakes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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

5.0

This book was a trip but I loved it. Yes, it was confusing at times. Yes, it felt like a fever dream. And yes, even though I figured out some of the twists before they happened, I am still at a bit of a loss how to describe this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

heresyourletter's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Classism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

unluckycat13's review against another edition

I think this book is really predictable if you're well versed in media, especially horror media. Like literally all of it down to the fake outs and the metaphor.

"Kill your darlings" is a very common author metaphor for editing and letting go of bad parts of a story.

I just don't like predictability in fiction. Most of the time what I'm going for is something new, and unexpected. I think someone's experience with the horror and modern "literary" fiction are going to heavily determine how weird and unexpected this book is to them.

This is a rare occasion where the prose is quite nice. That being said, I don't really enjoy the content and the emphasis on sex and sexuality. The college students felt like highschoolers. The bunnies themselves were not scary or creepy, they just sounded like a normal lesbian polycule. Not once in my real life have I ever seen the goth-won't-wear-kitten-gloves or goth vs prep thing that this book employs. No one in this story is a real person, they're Daria level caricatures but they're masquerading as fully fleshed out characters. 

Overall it's not a terrible book but not enjoyable enough to finish.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, and Alcohol

kelisabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Car accident, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Animal death, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

keightychandelier's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

dark, funny, unexpectedly emotional, and a bit campy. an interesting take on self-interest and self-pity and what we’d tolerate for a sense of belonging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Alcohol

theasi's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Drug use, Blood, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail

katerina_l's review against another edition

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