Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Bunny by Mona Awad

293 reviews

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

jesssicawho's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Blood

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Toxic friendship

iwait4you'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

5.0

i loved it and i don’t even totally know what i just read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Car accident, and Drug abuse

lexigoyette's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.0

WTF did I just read? A fever dream I enjoyed wholeheartedly.

‘Rouge’ in a different font.

The Heathers meets Frankenstein, but set in a pretentious academia setting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Mental illness and Bullying

zalleana's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Blood, Animal death, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit and Addiction

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Alcohol

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

nicole_zx's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Drug use and Gore

Minor: Rape, Car accident, and Death of parent

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

cara_anne's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

Unfortunately, I guessed the twist very early on (and I wasn’t a fan of the trope used), but there was otherwise a lot of interesting stuff to unpack here. I loved the voice of it, and I loved out batsh!t crazy it was - what a bonkers premise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, and Blood

batfacedliar's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

very weird, did not understand what was going on. 
but kinda fun 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Addiction, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent