Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Bunny by Mona Awad

34 reviews

auroraizora's review

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Self harm, Torture, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Gore, Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

bold_badger's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Alcohol, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Car accident, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Drug use

jo_lzr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This is one of those books that I could sit here for hours and try to express my thoughts about it but I just don't know what to say. 
Firstly, there were some quotes and scenes in this book that I really did enjoy, whether they were poetic or completely insane. 
Honestly, I could just describe this book as creepy, crazy and sad (and a bit horny). 
Also, I enjoyed the author's sarcasm for the pretentiousness of some people in the art world. I think that it was done in a very smart way. 
On the other hand, there were some parts in the story where I couldn't understand what was happening, but I understand that this is the author's purpose. 
Overall, this was an interesting read hence why I am giving it 3 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Murder, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Classism, Cursing, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape

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

porporina's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Body horror, Self harm, Animal death, Vomit, Classism, Gore, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

simplyammee's review against another edition

1.5

This book fucking sucked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Drug use, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape and Ableism

They mention rape or the possibility of being raped but rape isn't actually within the book.

sarahaile's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

This is book is super unpredictable which is what makes it good and bad. The plot was hard to follow and times and was difficult to understand. However the funny social commentary on academia as well as the horror plot meshes well. Could have been executed slightly better but either way i enjoyed it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Classism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Child death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

danimacuk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Gore, Mental illness, Classism, Eating disorder, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Blood

bugaboobear's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.25

This was an interesting book, but it wasn't for me.

Spoiler

I really hate unreliable narrators and ambiguous endings and honestly I'm still not sure how I'm supposed to interpret this book. Was there any magic? Was it all just schizophrenia? If so, what the hell really happened with the Bunnies and Max at the end? I'm left with too many questions and a little pissed off.

Spoiler

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Kidnapping, Self harm, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death of parent