Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Bunny by Mona Awad

339 reviews

laciebug's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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

3.5

Weird, satirical fun.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Self harm, Death of parent, 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

marney's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective 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

4.0

Thoughts after literally just finishing the book: I'm confused but good confused and I cannot wait to go into a reddit bunny rabbit hole.

There's a lot of ways to interpret this book and

while I can see that Samantha is not the most ✨mentally sound✨ I also want to believe the possibility that bunnies were actually turned into boys and Samantha had the power to make a swan friend and stag guy and I really want Jonah to be real damnit. 
I want the magical realism aspect to not just be in Samantha's head so as far as I'm concerned both her mental state and witchyness exist in this book but maybe I'm delusional lol.

I do wish there were more about the bunny's and Samantha with the bunny's because that was the most interesting part to me. But I still enjoyed the read.

It is initially confusing but not nearly as confusing as the likes of booktok would suggest

after the boy's head exploded I think the wtf-factor lessened

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent and Classism

sam_sabol89'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

This book was “not for me.” But could be a good read for someone who likes horror, the most unreliable narrator I’ve ever encountered and if you enjoy being completely unsure what the hell you just read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Classism

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

its_jess_m's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Classism

dyslexa3's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Death

Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Classism

kebaeba'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

2.75

what the hell, sure.

i say read it if you’re even a little interested but perhaps just see if it’s on loan from your library, you know what I mean?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Death of parent

labsnoops's review against another edition

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book was batshit insane. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder