Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Bunny by Mona Awad

45 reviews

racbuckallew's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Updating my review to 4 stars—I was too hard on this one. It was—strange. Simultaneously cliche and unlike anything I have ever read before. There is a very specific niche of people I would recommend this book to, but I would definitely recommend it to them. Not really sure what I just read, though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Violence, Self harm, Torture, Gore, and Murder

jessltrueman's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, and Animal death

Moderate: Classism, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Torture

sarahaile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.75

This is book is super unpredictable which is what makes it good and bad. The plot was hard to follow and times and was difficult to understand. However the funny social commentary on academia as well as the horror plot meshes well. Could have been executed slightly better but either way i enjoyed it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Classism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Child death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

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

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

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

Minor: Fatphobia

sakurasarah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad 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? No

3.5

I found this book very tense, disturbing & at times, confusing. I understand where the author was trying to go with it, however I feel that it fell a bit short of that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Cannibalism, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

lokes's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Drug use, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Murder, Drug abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Car accident, Medical trauma, Self harm, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Rape, Stalking, Bullying, and Kidnapping

thedambookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Murder, Racial slurs, Death, Drug use, Body shaming, Classism, Torture, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Self harm

bagelexpert's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

5.0

I don’t know how to capture the qualities of this book in a review. You had to be there. Holy. Wow. I don’t study literature anymore but every fiber of my body is twitching to write a ten-page analysis. This book is a great read for women in academia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, Sexual content, Self harm, and Drug use

Minor: Rape

littlelines's review against another edition

dark funny reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Body horror, and Toxic friendship