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Bunny by Mona Awad

278 reviews

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

veroverovero000's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

carla20's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent

cbrigs99's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.0

This was such a bizarre read, and I’m sure I’ll be mulling it over for quite some time. Mona Awad is a new read for me, and while I appreciate the creative liberties with the writing style, I don’t know that her writing is for me. The concept of this book was great - mean girls meets Frankenstein, but the execution wasn’t to my liking. The story is mostly dialogue, but the reader is unaware whether the main character is speaking or thinking, and who is replying to her thoughts/statements. This would be a tremendous film, but the story lacked character depth and description for me. As a reader, you’re very in the dark as to what is happening with the narrator and what is reality (granted, that is the point, especially when describing the immersion in the cult). While it was a weird story, I did enjoy it. This is a perfect Halloween-time read, and I enjoyed the creepy aspects of the story. The whole story feels like a fever dream, and you feel like you’re taking on the hazy understanding of the main character.

Spoiler

While I anticipated many aspects of the conclusion of the book, the final pages will certainly keep me thinking about what was truly reality for the character in the story.

As a whole, I’m glad I picked this book up for the fall season and enjoyed my experience.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Murder

Moderate: Drug use

noble_xoxo's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow, bunny really is a wild ride. Lost me for a minute in the hatred of everything pink and girly, but won me back so so hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Murder, and Blood

rebekablair's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.0

Spoiler

and it was all just a metaphor 😌

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, and Self harm

julkatten's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Murder, Drug use, Blood, and Animal death

urtchen's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I’m just…. I’m kinda speechless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Mental illness, Drug use, Drug abuse, Body horror, Animal death, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting

yungblonde's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Bullying, Gore, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol and Eating disorder

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