Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Bunny by Mona Awad

179 reviews

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

leligavi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Gaslighting, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

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

dreamvials's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Animal death, and Mental illness

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

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. 

Spoiler

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

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

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

ruby_mae_read's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, and Mental illness