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Bunny by Mona Awad

207 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

tea_kettle's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-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

3.0

what even 
hated the first 100 pages, liked half of the ending, hate the other girls 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Violence, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

eefjeee's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Best book i read this year so far. It's the perfect kind of weird to me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Stalking

smokeandwires's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, and Self harm

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

dreareads_'s review against another edition

dark emotional tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

Short review for now:

I loved it. My friends and I talked about this book for HOURS sharing theories and interpretations. I will share later on!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

meganxstones's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

1.75

I don't know what's going on. I don't think I understand this one. Like... at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

juliiitschka's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, and Car accident

peasandpancakes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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

5.0

This book was a trip but I loved it. Yes, it was confusing at times. Yes, it felt like a fever dream. And yes, even though I figured out some of the twists before they happened, I am still at a bit of a loss how to describe this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

heresyourletter's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

unluckycat13's review against another edition

I think this book is really predictable if you're well versed in media, especially horror media. Like literally all of it down to the fake outs and the metaphor.

"Kill your darlings" is a very common author metaphor for editing and letting go of bad parts of a story.

I just don't like predictability in fiction. Most of the time what I'm going for is something new, and unexpected. I think someone's experience with the horror and modern "literary" fiction are going to heavily determine how weird and unexpected this book is to them.

This is a rare occasion where the prose is quite nice. That being said, I don't really enjoy the content and the emphasis on sex and sexuality. The college students felt like highschoolers. The bunnies themselves were not scary or creepy, they just sounded like a normal lesbian polycule. Not once in my real life have I ever seen the goth-won't-wear-kitten-gloves or goth vs prep thing that this book employs. No one in this story is a real person, they're Daria level caricatures but they're masquerading as fully fleshed out characters. 

Overall it's not a terrible book but not enjoyable enough to finish.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, and Alcohol