Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Bunny by Mona Awad

263 reviews

haleybre's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Animal death, Murder, and Death

marielcariker's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I wasn’t sure about this one at the start but I was into it by the end. I appreciate any book that is committed to being as bonkers bananas as it possibly can be. I think this book commits all the writing crimes it accuses its characters of but it stopped mattering to me by the end.  There are some really amazing descriptions but every time she used the “like so many” simile trope it took me out… she wrote it so many times 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Gore, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

kartoffelqueen's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense slow-paced

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

4.0

The voice of the book is a very dreamy, murky style which makes it hard to discern what's real and what's not within the narrative. This kind of style doesn't always work for me, but it served the story well in this case. The book was very dramatic and intriguing and filled with a dreadful kind of horror, and I enjoyed watching everything unravel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

r0ry_'s review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Gore, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Drug use, and Self harm

Minor: Drug abuse

paigespages08's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

honestly this is my mean girls maybe I'm not smart enough to fully understand it but holy shit. the parts I did understand were so unreal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Murder, Animal death, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping, Drug use, and Stalking

Minor: Car accident

piepatch's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Body horror

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Alcohol, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Bullying, Cursing, Blood, and Self harm

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Death of parent, Slavery, Infidelity, and Stalking

leligavi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Gaslighting, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

cturn'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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent

rebekablair's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.0

and it was all just a metaphor 😌

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, and Self harm

capercaillie's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad fast-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

3.75

Hahaha what the fuck did I just read

At times I loved this, at times I hated this, and mostly I just didn't want to pick it back up to keep reading. But it was weirdly compelling (emphasis on the weird), and the end really made it for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Body horror