Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Bunny by Mona Awad

453 reviews

thehollyking's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

If you like a book with a definite plotline and solid ending, this isn't for you. 
It wasn't bad. It was well written and the voice was interesting and well thought out. It did feel like a feverdream and I'm not 100% sure what was going on most of the time. I liked it enough, but if I hadn't plowed through it, I probably would've put it down and not picked it up again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

mome489's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Suicidal thoughts

sr_marshrat's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

If you read this book literally, it's an acid trip of horrors. Godspeed to you. If you read it as a metaphor... well, hopefully you've sat through a few creative writing workshops. That's my biggest criticism of this book: the intended audience feels very narrow. It's also a bit on the nose, mean spirited, and too long. I still gave it 4 stars, though, because it's such an accurate depiction of being an angsty, teenage writer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent

maggieschaper's review against another edition

I made it about halfway through the book before I decided not to finish. I really don’t like the story. I think the character development is trash. The story so far is predictable. It’s mostly just cringey, and usually I like the young adult cringe. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Murder, and Toxic friendship

fatfatrat's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use

tea_kettle's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

3.0

what even 
hated the first 100 pages, liked half of the ending, hate the other girls 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Violence, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

sgrunwald96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

What a wild book. Creepy and odd, the prose feels as fluctuating as the content. Really cool. -.25 just because it feels like it could have been fanfiction about the author not fitting in during her time at an MFA at brown, but truly what a creative way to take it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

micheller0se's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Toxic friendship

marysespieces's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction