Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Bunny by Mona Awad

202 reviews

scmiller's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

gandalf_a's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

SO Unhinged... in a good way ?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Animal death, Classism, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Moderate: Violence, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, Murder, Mental illness, Bullying, and Addiction

Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment, Drug use, Death of parent, Cursing, Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Body horror

mijtje's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

In the first half of the book, I was annoyed by the whiny, gloomy, and passive main character. The writing felt like that of an angry teenager, it was all a little too smutty for my tastes, and I wasn’t expecting much. But halfway through, the book turned into a deliciously weird story that I could barely put down.

I feel like all the things that annoy me about the book were deliberate. But I’m not sure. I feel utterly manipulated by this book. Is it good writing? Is it bad writing? Is it Awad’s writing? Or the character’s? Awad plays with her language in a very smart way to drag you into the mindset of her main character.

The book is still a little too gloomy, not-like-the-other-girls, smutty to the point of sexual frustration, and edgy for me. But maybe that was part of the experience. 4/5 bunnies from me.

Recommended if you are okay with feeling detached and confused after reading this book. Side note: I am definitely never looking at bunnies the same way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm and Toxic friendship

Minor: Bullying, Addiction, and Alcohol

gaylien420's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Violence, Alcohol, Drug use, Gun violence, Gore, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Cursing, Ableism, Rape, Bullying, Death, Self harm, Sexual violence, Addiction, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

oatmxlk's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Self harm, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Blood, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Animal death, and Gore

Minor: Rape and Violence

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

Spoiler

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

chasingpages1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Death, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Stalking, Vomit, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

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

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. 

Spoiler

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: Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gore

Minor: Mental illness, Ableism, 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, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use and Gore

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