Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Bunny by Mona Awad

6 reviews

sarahb919's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Truly wild and I’m still not entirely sure what happened. Definitely something. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing and Sexual violence

Minor: Ableism, Racism, Rape, Antisemitism, and Car accident

whatevertheysay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Self harm, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Racism

tiredcreature's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, and Classism

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

howesj'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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Antisemitism

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident

Further warning for an implied teacher/student relationship, and at least one use of the R slur.

otherworlds's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

well, it had its redeeming qualities, but ultimately this book came across to me as confused, especially in terms of the themes it put forward. when there is so much surrealism in the plot that you're relying so heavily on themes, those themes could have been delivered more effectively imo!

and idk if the bitter feelings re: her own pretentiousness among other pretentious art students was a feature of the character or the author, but either way it really grated on my nerves. no, more than that, the narration was SO self-deprecating that it made me outright uncomfortable. i can see how it aids the theme insofar as talking about the empty performative nature of the professional art scene, but it still wasn't my cup of tea.

the reason i'm taking a good half-star off this review, though, is that the author uses slurs in her prose to make it sound more edgy. saying someone looked like "a r*tarded baby", or referring to romani people by the g slur in fetishistic imagery, or using 'schizophrenic' as an insult... idk what she was going for with this but whatever it was, it fell flat for me.

that being said the plot was very interesting and original, the prose was engaging, the relationship between the main character and her best friend really tugged a chord with me, and i liked the ending. just, not enough to overlook the issues i had with this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Ableism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder

Main character is non-consensually drugged at many points.