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Bunny by Mona Awad

57 reviews

jesscav's review against another edition

challenging sad 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

0.25

The story was very hard to follow. I've seen others describe this book as a "black licorice" book, meaning you love it, or you hate it. I hated it. It was confusing, I couldn't tell what was going on, and it feels like weaponizing mental illness disguised as "imagination." There was no real climax of the story, and felt like it droned on for 100 pages more than necessary. I also dislike any animal abuse or torture so, it just did not resonate with me. It's like a puzzle that fits really poorly together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Torture

Moderate: Alcoholism and Abandonment

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

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

ririslibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

The main character, Samantha, is studying a master's degree and hates her classmates. As soon as she gets the chance to get close to them, even though she says she hates them, she takes it and gets involved in a grotesque situation as she drifts apart from her best friend. 

I didn't really like the ending. 

I don't understand why they recommend this book as a book about female friendship; it's about a cult, not about a group of friends. If you like violent and bizarre books, you should read this book.

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La protagonista, Samantha, está estudiando un máster y odia a sus compañeras de clase. En cuanto tiene la oportunidad de acercarse a ellas, aunque dice odiarlas, la aprovecha y se ve envuelta en una situación grotesca mientras se separa de su mejor amiga. El final no me gustó del todo.

No entiendo por qué recomiendan este libro diciendo que trata sobre la amistad femenina; es un culto, no un grupo de amigas. Si te gustan los libros explícitos y raros, este es tu libro.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Murder and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Death of parent

that_person_logan's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I need to think on this book for a bit I think. 

I know these things:
- I did fully enjoy reading this. I felt like it is a very interesting commentary on academia and girlhood and girl friendships and anyone socialized as female will definitely see themselves in one of the women in this book. 
- I am too autistic for some of these unreliable narrators and the ambiguity this book. I have so many unanswered questions and also I don’t know what happened lol but I’m trying to figure it out. 
- I love freaky books but this is by far the weirdest book I have read. Not in a bad way at all, just a comment. 
- I wanted more about the decapitations going on in this fucked up weird town that Samantha and the Bunnies lived in.  I feel like there was a bunch of symbolism with that and I feel like it wasn’t fully wrapped up in a way that was pleasing to me personally. 

I am torn on whether to do an in depth literature review on this book or whether to live and let live with this book. I think Ava would say “Smackie don’t fucking type that all out.” So I’ll end the review here: Good and weird book- I recommend it. 4 stars. 

Please for the love of g-d read content warning before reading this. You should know what you are getting into. Take care of yourself!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Alcoholism and Death of parent

Rip Ava you were the best swan-girl-friend a lonely bitch could ask for 🖤

accordingtoavril's review against another edition

dark emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

All opinions are entirely my own. I am in no way affiliated with the author or publisher. Remember to support your local indie bookstore and library!

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"Samantha Heather Mackey thinks she understands everything, but she fails to understand the depths of the human heart. She fails to understand the depths of our heart. Our heart our heart our heart! We've read Jane Eyre too, you cunt."

• Discovery: @Bridgetish via Tiktok
• Reading Format: Physical Book
• Read Time: 5 Hours

Collage girl is befriended by the cliche mean girls but they're secretly horny bunny bludgeoners. 

I appreciated the weird girl gore however I didn't really quite grasp what was happening at any time but neither did our main character.

Based purely on vibes it was a good book but I felt let down by the lack of any explanation behind the strange goings on, or consequences for these actions besides the swan incident at the end of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Sexual content

Moderate: Gore and Self harm

Minor: Alcoholism

gravey_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Self harm and Death of parent

atlasvitreous's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

What can I say about this book without giving away the twists and dives that makes it so fantastic? An earnestly fucked up encapsulation of the dark surrealism of both creation and creative spaces. I never knew what to expect next; my near-psychotic blend of dread and awe put me in the MC’s place in the most uncomfortable, awesome way. I laughed out loud at the horror far more than I felt I should’ve, which I fear was an intended side effect. And, that scene that launched the second act? Dare I say… Literary perfection. 

This is a brief, gushy review that surely doesn’t make much sense. I’ll just be clear in my message at the end here: You sooo have to read Bunny, bunny! ☻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

lnaikennedi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

deetabz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Self harm, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism