Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Bunny by Mona Awad

231 reviews

khaleesigrace's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

fusaichipegasusk's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

I'm honestly not sure how I felt about this book. I think I really enjoyed it, but it's the type of story that you really have to sit on for a little while to process. Definitely best to go in blind and not know anything about the plot!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

ayah_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark

3.0

I am very glad to be done with this book, it was making my dreams werid 🤣

I think this is a "it's not you, it's me" book cos it's definitely a book out of my range, I'm not really a horror person, and so much of it was so bizarre, but I also do still think it's an element of "it's you" because I genuinely don't understand the themes of the books aside from the main character being deeply lonely??? 

Had all the very weird things that you honestly aren't sure are real or not served a thematic purpose I would have liked it more, but I don't think the loneliness was enough, especially because there was no arc to it?? Expect that maybe she learns to embrace it and not care about the Bunnies?? But humans need connection??

If Jonah was real (is he real ??) and that arc was fleshed out then it would probably have been better.

I did like her unreliablity as a narrator, that was interesting to read, and I liked the comments on the university, the privileged students, and some of the ridiculousness of arts students, as former English major myself, those were funny moments.

The writing is done very well, some passages I really loved how it described her emotions/experiences,

the whole passage on the revelation of Ava being the swan was great.

Overall, this was an experience, and I don't think I'll be reading another of her books! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying and Sexual content

chloekramer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-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

3.25

The main character has the “I’m not like other girls” personality, and never fails to let you forget it. The entire story and plot line follow how she is sooo different from alllll the other girls. It’s just an okay book, to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

matcha_cat's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity and Death of parent

summerskid's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

Would I recommend this book to most people? No. Could I not look away? Yes. 

I would recommend reading theories and discourse about this book after to get a better understanding. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Alcohol

corabookworm's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Really liked this book. It was gross and weird and dark and very fun to read. Like if Mean Girls was really dark and twisted. I do feel like the ending was lacking something—if not more explanations, perhaps it just needed MORE. Just felt kinda in line with the rest of the book and not necessarily the huge climax I was hoping for. If you like weird horror books, you’ll enjoy this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Self harm, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Alcohol

niles_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

The whole review!

The book spoke to me on so many levels… Until the end.

I’ll start with things I like:

At the end of chapter 7, I felt the way they were talking about her (poem). How they wanted “more” from her. 

As a girl who’s not accepted by people around me, I related to her suffering. Of wanting to be accepted by others, even by those who you don’t like. And Samantha’s relationship with Jonah reminded me of how often I put those who actually cared about me behind. It’ll keep me up at night being reminded of it.

The creations being creatures combined of the girls’ desires, love and hatred in chapter 11 and later on with Max confused me after getting to the end.

Which is something that made me lost for words, and not in a good way. 

Was any of it real? What is real? We know the Bunnies and Max existed, since the Bunnies almost died because of him, but why were the other creations… Almost always failures? 

I have so much to say, but I’m growing tired… I’ll give it a 3.75, just because the ending is… Definitely something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

amylangdown_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book was very surreal! It took me a few chapters to get into it but once I was in, I was hooked. The relationships in the book are so complex, as are the characters - a lot of them were ‘love-to-hate’ characters which I enjoy. I’m not sure exactly what happened near the end, but as the whole book was very surreal I didn’t mind the ambiguity - it made sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Death of parent