Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Bunny by Mona Awad

9 reviews

jneverland's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Rape, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Body shaming, Animal death, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, and Physical abuse

elwhits's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Murder, and Animal death

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexism, Drug use, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Self harm

leocmd17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexism, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Mental illness

lokes's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Drug use, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Murder, Drug abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Car accident, Medical trauma, Self harm, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Rape, Stalking, Bullying, and Kidnapping

rionstorm's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.5

 I have mixed feelings on this book? There's some cool modern fantasy/fairytale stuff in there, but it's also written in a very clumsy fanfic style at times? There is SO much laboured, cheesy description, it can be a lot. The writing flipped between pretty good and really bad randomly. The main character is also quite insipid, and very much embodies the "I'm not like other girls" trope. Overall feels very cotton candy, with mild body horror and gore mixed in. I did, however rly enjoy the fun being picked at academic creative language.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Gore, Body horror, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, and Kidnapping

lovegriefandgender's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

A gorgeous, fresh and truly unsettling horror story about what it means to be a woman and the hatred we harbour for other women. I've never really read anything like it before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

Moderate: Sexism, Rape, and Misogyny

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Classism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Violence, Sexism, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Car accident

mothie_girlie's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Minor: Sexism, Drug use, and Self harm

iamnita's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

I've given myself some time to think this through - watched a few reviews on BookTube. 
This book is challenging. It's a very layered experience, where you can't 'shut off' while reading or else you'll completely lose both the plot and the direction we're headed. As such, a re-read may be necessary to see what even happened. I am one who didn't see the hype in this, maybe because it's strange, maybe because horror isn't my genre, maybe because I just felt like the book went right over my head.
It's divisive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Gaslighting, Blood, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Sexism