Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Bunny by Mona Awad

437 reviews

sfujioka'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

2.5

I enjoyed the first part of the book, and the detail given to all of the characters. But as the book progressed, there was such an overwhelming amount of side-quest thoughts from the main character that the plot was hard to follow. Plus, the main character’s inability to tell the truth at any point got on my nerves. I understand after reading interpretations online that there was a ton of metaphors carefully strewn throughout the story, but it was just not my cup of tea. However, I did appreciate the audiobook and its different voices used to distinguish characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

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

staarphia678's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad 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

3.5

Genuinely ruined me. At parts I enjoyed the writing more than at others and felt that the fluctuations in style took away some of the sense but overall the impending feeling of doom i got from this book was little satisfied by the ambiguous ending. About 3/4 in i realised what the 'twist ' would be but it didn't make it any less devastating. I understand the vision but the light is merely flickering like that one bulb in a horror movie- basically I wish it was executed in a different way. Not becuass the book would be better but rather  becuase my mental health would be . In short, this book is a fever dream I shudder to think I could replicate with an acid trip. I support women's rights and women's wrongs core. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Bullying

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

nefarious_rat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

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

chlololo's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship