Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Bunny by Mona Awad

230 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

daleee's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

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

lazydazey's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Gore

anamikaraj369's review against another edition

Because it’s like weird but definitely not in a good way. I mean it might appeal to some people but it was a bit too much for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Blood, and Gaslighting

jasmineesparza's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book felt like I was riding multiple rollercoasters at once. The MC is an unreliable narrator as she undergoes almost a hypnotic, dream/nightmare-like version of reality. In my opinion, the ending was not satisfying and I was left with many questions. Definitely a book that I will keep thinking about for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment

lealeatss's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

The Secret History X Heathers? i don’t know, i never watched heathers. 

this book was insane. quite literally. everyone needs to go to a hospital. i had no idea what was going on half the time, but that’s what everyone says, no? i expected more weirdness, but this was good.

Samantha summoning her so-called demonic animals without them exploding, unlike the other Bunnies?

that was weird, but also kind of heartwarming. and i’m not going to lie, i liked Max.

i know Max is literally just Samantha’s subconscious, but he was cool. also doesn’t that mean that Ava was also Samantha’s subconscious, since she probably summoned her from a swan?

no idea

i quite liked the Workshop.

exploding bunnies for the sake of some demonic animal’s cock?

not the weirdest thing i’ve seen, honestly. also i love stags so that appearing was fun. also kill your darlings reference? i also didn’t watch that the whole way through but i was delighted nonetheless. 

jonah come save us all 🙏🏻 (edit:

FUCK I DIDNT EVEN REALISE JONAH WAS ALSO A DARLING. i thought i was so slick and smart for seeing straight away that Ava was a Darling but Jonah?? that’s insane.

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i wanted to give this 5 stars, but i don’t know, i’m stingy with my stars. i’d say, the only reason why this isn’t a solid 5 stars is because i didn’t really feel much emotions with the story? it’s interesting, weird, and i really liked it, but i just didn’t feel anything. it was just like, oh okay this is happening, that’s crazy. crazy read, and somehow, i kind of get Samantha. needless to say, i understand why people love this book, but as much as i love it, i also get why people hate it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use and Injury/Injury detail

lavishrebellion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

3.25

A highly anticipated read for me, “Bunny” was one of the most bizarre books I’ve ever read! It was one of those in which I (felt) I understood what was going on and then I absolutely did not 😆😩 Reportedly, “Bunny” was very loosely based on the 1988 film “Heathers” (which I’ve seen) and thus, the story includes themes of co-dependent friendships, frenemies, jealousy, modern day dark academia, and grandiose mental trauma (emphasis on the latter). I’m glad I’ve finally read it as I actually did end up enjoying the author’s other book “Rouge” which I read before “Bunny.” But wow, “Bunny” was at times super tough to get through.🐰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

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