Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Bunny by Mona Awad

67 reviews

joscelynhe's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Grief, and Mental illness

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

ozdensl's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment and Animal cruelty

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

sshabein's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious medium-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

4.0

This book is as if THE LATE AMERICANS by Brandon Taylor were a horror novel filtered through Mean Girls and Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" video.

This is an endorsement.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Animal death

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

lianne_rooney's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Animal death, Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

hannah_et1982's review against another edition

dark fast-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

2.0

I'm really not sure what I was supposed to get from this book. Is it a commentary on the pain and desperation of loneliness? Is it a mockery of elitism? Is it insanity for the sake of insanity?

It was certainly easy to read, I'll give it that, but I kept waiting for something that never came. I kept waiting for there to be a reason why this book was slut-shaming so much. Kept waiting for it to be funny like all the blurbs claimed it to be. Kept waiting for the characters' actions and motivations to make sense. Kept waiting to find out what was so dark about Samantha's writing that it was worse than the girls writing about rape and murder. 

Honestly, I don't know what I think about this book. I know I didn't enjoy it. I didn't find the characters compelling and despite the over-the-top plot, I found the story as a whole pretty boring. I don't know what I was looking for, but this wasn't it.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Alcohol, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape and Vomit

enf87's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

I was impressed by the writing style of the author, but certain elements of the plot fell flat for me. We never really learn much about the main character and her motivations behind the friendships she forms.

Spoiler

We also never learn anything about how the bunny rituals work - how/why. It's an odd thing to keep mysterious and that felt dissatisfying to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic friendship, Violence, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Grief and Death of parent

bekiethebanished's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, and Self harm

Minor: Dysphoria, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

justmys's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

I don't feel like this book was for me. 

I had to keep reminding myself that it was set in a university and not a high school campus, that the characters were grown adults and not wildly troubled teenagers. Everything just felt a little off, which was mayve intentional but left me unable to click with the story or writing. 

But, I'm also conflicted as I listened to the audio book version and found myself having to play it at double speed so as not to fall asleep from boredom with the way it was read. So, I'm unsure if I may have enjoyed the book more had I read a physical copy. 

Either way, an interesting book and premise, scary and challenging but not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Classism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Bullying, Confinement, and Cursing