Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Bunny by Mona Awad

137 reviews

elizabethng2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, Blood, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Drug use, Murder, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

scmiller's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Body horror, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Abandonment, Gore, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Self harm

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Cursing, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Gore, Grief, Murder, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, Car accident, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Blood, Drug use, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug abuse, Car accident, Confinement, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Mental illness

peachypy's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-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: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gaslighting, Animal death, Body horror, Classism, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, and Drug use

Minor: Car accident

chasingpages1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Death, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Stalking, Vomit, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

nreus's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Gaslighting, Murder, Blood, and Death

c_l_ara's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Animal death, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Classism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Sexual content

fionamatilda's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Gore, Body horror, Gaslighting, Murder, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Mental illness

edamamebean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Witty and funny and creepy and honestly just a great axe-wielding time. I especially love that I had no idea where the story was going for most of the book, and was just along for the ride. One of the blurbs said it was gonna be the weirdest book I read all year. It wasn’t (that award goes to Earthlings by Sayaka Murata without a doubt), but it was definitely very trippy. I think it had kind of similar vibes to the Netflix show Brand New Cherry Flavor. If you, like me, really really wish Carmen Maria Machado would write a full-length novel, then this book is for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Gore, Body horror, Classism, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Car accident, Rape, and Death of parent

krystof's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use and Gore

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Murder, Self harm, Stalking, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

caseyadamsstark's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

This is the second time I'm writing this review because the first on didn't post at B&N --thanks, nook app. I "love" starting over...

But hey, I did like this book. It's confusing as heck because of the trippy things that happen--the main character Smackie, an English grad student with a huge inferiority complex, is also a highly unreliable narrator. But her imagination kicks in big time as she bleeds out her tale of woe while trying to fit in with the rich girls on campus, who reach out to include her after several semesters of treating her like an other.

And she is an other--the horror elements are a fantastic and bizarre flip to a Stepford Wives ideal, but the love story, the real love story that makes Samantha the "other", is the reason to keep reading. You could argue that there are similarities to plenty of stories out there, such as Mean Girls or Heathers (movies are stories too), or the obvious nods to Alice in her Wonderland. But the telling of this bunny horror fairytale is weird and unique and original in a good way, too.

Check it out horror fans.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Animal death, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship