Reviews tagging 'Death'

Bunny by Mona Awad

334 reviews

emmatram's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Bullying, Drug use, Violence, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Self harm, Classism, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape

bubblyfemme's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

I really liked this book but it missed the mark at the end by being so godamn confusing. 

I liked the blunt, kind of brutal writing style and some of the themes of art school elitism and the absolute waffle that some artists spew (I study English/creative writing, and it is sometimes ridiculous.) 

However at times it was giving ‘not like other girls’ with their tiny little cakes and frillily pink dresses and how that was oh so bad. Also, I know magical realism doesn't always explain the unexplainable, but there was too many questions left completely unanswered at the end. especially the twist which also felt slightly too unexplained to actually make sense and instead just there for shock value.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Murder, Body horror, Drug use, and Death

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content

gracieniems's review against another edition

funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

silly time, good popcorn beach/airplane reading. that lead character fucking sucks though, she’s the only thing that sours the fun.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Animal death, Classism, Bullying, Death, Body horror, and Blood

jetromeo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Animal death

Moderate: Classism, Sexual content, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

tillynancy's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Drug abuse, Body horror, Body shaming, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

imjustmaria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Animal death, and Death

booklover_04's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

1.0

First of all, I wasn’t sure what I was going into when I picked up this book. Not my cup of tea in terms of the genre, but I wanted to give it a fair shot so I read until the end. I found that the writing style was very immature. To me, it sounded like something I would’ve read in high school. But the content was disturbing. 

I didnt feel like the end was satisfying, though it felt like it was supposed to be a closed ending with the scene where Max attacks the Bunnies. It didn’t feel like there was a smooth transition (or any transition for that matter) between Samantha coming out of the trance-like state and going back to Ava.

It felt rushed but drawn out at the same time. I think the length of the book was enough to do a better job of building up the characters and the plot. I wouldn’t recommend it personally, even putting aside my distaste for the plot, due to the writing style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Sexual content, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, and Torture

sophiaxscherm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book especially since the story always keeps you on the edge of your seat because you never know what is going to happen next. I love love love the author's writing style, the character descriptions at the beginning of the book had me read five times in a row just because I loved the images they painted. 

What I kind of disliked, however, is how the story unfolds. The first two parts focus on the bunnies and their strange disturbing workshops and how Samantha gets involved in it and I think I would have lovet it more if it kept focussing on that and go more into depth with that. I was still intrigued in the whole thing with Ava and Max and stuff but I kind of feel like the other story line got pushed to the back too much too soon. I also feel like it would have been better to have gained some more explanation about well anything up until the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Murder, and Drug use

zavia_v's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Respectfully, this writing style was not at all for me and I didn't like it. The book is a bit disturbing (not in a bad way) but it still couldn't get me interested enough to keep reading. I made it halfway, but I'm gonna have to DNF.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Murder

book_lover2324's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Drug use, Animal death, Mental illness, Gore, Addiction, Death, Animal cruelty, Cursing, and Alcohol