Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Bunny by Mona Awad

182 reviews

sannesbooks's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.75

Wow, this is the most bizarre and weird book I have read so far. This is a book you will either love or hate. This book definitely made me feel uneasy at times. Such a creative book! You will keep thinking about this book for a long time. Very thought-provoking! Also makes for a great discussion with your book club or reading buddies. 

This book is about a character with schizofrenia / psychoses (I think, this is not specifically mentioned) which makes you doubt what is real and what is not while reading this book. I still don't know and that is the intention. I keep speculating about this! This is what a good book should provoke in my opinion! I even read about other people's thoughts about it because I was so curious about what others thought about what was real and what not. Wish I had someone to discuss this with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Violence, and Sexual content

oriana095'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

3.5

I feel like the concept of this book and the writing itself was very interesting. And I love reading the different ways people interpret the ending and the meaning of the story. From the beginning it had me hooked and I really enjoyed it. I think the book was supposed to end and leave you guessing but I wish it would have wrapped it up a little bit better for me though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Murder, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Body horror, and Violence

Minor: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

3martini's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

elizabethng2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, Blood, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Drug use, Murder, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

scmiller's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Classism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Self harm, Alcohol, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Murder, Abandonment, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Stalking, Torture, and Kidnapping

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Blood, Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death of parent

haromea's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

2.75

Clever dark themed descriptions and twists on ‘classically admired’ traits or appearances, use of language etc. However I personally couldn’t find myself particularly enjoying it (although could be part of the point) and

I wanted a bit more of a resolution (although the ending kinda fits with the general feel of the book)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Animal death, Self harm, Animal cruelty, and Violence

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lianne_rooney's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Animal death, Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

aclaws's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Animal death, Death, Bullying, and Cursing

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Gore, Drug abuse, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent

w0rmonastring's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

this book is filled to the brim with the sugary-sweet sensations and bright pastels of an acid trip that’s about to go horribly wrong (which isn’t far from the events of this story). 

extremely imaginative and told from such a unique and captivating prose. awad’s writing is atmospheric and deliberate with every word. the book is purposefully pretentious, making a number of critiques on social power dynamics and the pompous elitism of academia. very captivating story sprinkled with the brilliance of a sort of post-feminist creative writer. 

<i>We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful.</i>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Classism, Drug use, and Drug abuse