Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Bunny, by Mona Awad

194 reviews

oz2021's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Mental illness, Death, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gore and Violence

katiegraham00's review against another edition

dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Body horror, Animal death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

abrasieve's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Gore, Animal death, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent

ylimeread's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Blood, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Gore, Toxic friendship, Murder, Mental illness, Violence, Injury/injury detail, and Death

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Injury/injury detail, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, and Bullying

olijordan's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

3.5

Not my type of stuff but I appreciate it for what it was. It was super twisted and slightly horrific but still managed to connect you to the main character’s loneliness. The desire for connection and also a really good observation (and exaggeration) of studying the arts, stereotypes and cliques. 

I’ll admit I have absolutely no idea what was happening half the time or if certain things were meant to mean something in particular. But the writing was still succinct it was more the symbolism of it that I don’t think I totally understood

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Blood, Animal death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

ariane06's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Gore, Animal death, and Toxic friendship

avciera7's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book is just SO close to being what it wants to be. I wanted so badly for this to be a 5-star read & a favorite because all the bones are there. There's SO many interesting ideas and its humor, commentary, characters, and emotionality are more of a hit than a miss. But the pieces fail to come together in a satisfying way. I feel like the best way to describe this book is it feels like early 2010s-era tumblr. What I will say is it's a fun ride and elements of it will definitely stick with me in a good way. But I loved it more for its potential than for what it was. I also find one of the possible interpretations of the story to be a tired, harmful, and uninventive trope. So I think reading it literally, and as if everything that's happening is actually happening, makes for a stronger read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Self harm

isolde_'s review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, and Grief

nonightlights's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Blood, Death, Injury/injury detail, Body horror, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic friendship, Animal death, and Mental illness