Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Bunny by Mona Awad

192 reviews

bammys's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

A different concept than most of my reads that kept me intrigued because I never really knew where the story was heading. I missed some things in the beginning that made SO much sense once I got to the end, but it was fun to try to unravel what was truly happening. While there’s a general plot point, the main story follows the MC and her journey through her work and how it is influenced by the company she keeps and the experiences shared with them. What kept me most interested is how the narrators voice altered in language and style as the company and experiences changed as well. 

If the main story is about the author describing her experience with schizophrenia, then it leaves a bad taste in my mouth because while it doesn’t overtly have discriminatory language, it does portray people with schizophrenia as having violent tendencies and being unpredictable which contributes harmfully to the stigma surrounding mental illnesses

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Ableism, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

krystof's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use and Gore

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

livcab's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

bxnnny's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

1.0

convinced that everyone writing 4+ star reviews of this book are doing a weird, satirical homage to the bunnies themselves. this book was lame and tried too hard and had me thinking i was in a reading slump because i was having the hardest time getting into this - i had to take a break after every chapter. the writing was grating in a way i can't describe and the random grammatical errors were distracting. i'm honestly just overwhelmingly disappointed. i looked forward to reading it, i felt like i only ever saw glowing reviews of it, and now i'm certain it was just another overhyped book i got duped by booktok to read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism

karalara's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

re3der's review against another edition

dark reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

luciataylor'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

2.25

Frankenstein x Heathers x The Craft x Mean Girls except not as good. It was ok but not for me which is disappointing as I love all of the things it is often compared to; I found the dark academia setting quite cringe and the development towards the end really lost me (I know that's the point but still.) A fine book, but I won't be recommending it

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Self harm

jgrhcklzccv'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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jo_lzr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This is one of those books that I could sit here for hours and try to express my thoughts about it but I just don't know what to say. 
Firstly, there were some quotes and scenes in this book that I really did enjoy, whether they were poetic or completely insane. 
Honestly, I could just describe this book as creepy, crazy and sad (and a bit horny). 
Also, I enjoyed the author's sarcasm for the pretentiousness of some people in the art world. I think that it was done in a very smart way. 
On the other hand, there were some parts in the story where I couldn't understand what was happening, but I understand that this is the author's purpose. 
Overall, this was an interesting read hence why I am giving it 3 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Rape