Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Bunny by Mona Awad

37 reviews

acogna's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.75

You should read this for the prose. It's humorous, gritty, dark, animalistic, fairytale-like; it feels like the true successor to the ominous and floral imagination of writers like Angela Carter. But besides that, I felt it didn't go all-out with its extremely promising concept. I don't say this as a bad thing, because Mona Awad really feels like the type of writer to be so self-aware. I didn't get much out of her ideas here as much as I wanted, with as much as I trusted her to deliver.

Knowing what this book is now, it could have done so much more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Self harm and Body horror

Minor: Eating disorder

wikikapusta's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Self harm

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Death, and Car accident

Minor: Eating disorder

hexa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

Woah.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Self harm, Violence, Animal death, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder

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

laurajc's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

i kind of loved how insane this was. i found myself jumping from theory to theory to try to make sense of something, but then i would immediately be hit with another layer to the story. i already knew to expect chaos going into this book, but i was pleasantly surprised with the overarching metaphors and meta-ness of the journey. i would highly recommend this if you’re open to an unconventional mean girls-meets-dark-academia story that leaves you wondering if it was all just delusion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Gore

metanoialaxy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad 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? N/A

5.0

i felt like i was in drugs wtf this is amazing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Eating disorder, Blood, Body horror, and Addiction

dancingwithourhandstied's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship and Animal death

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Vomit, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Stalking

thedambookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Murder, Racial slurs, Death, Drug use, Body shaming, Classism, Torture, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Self harm

skyeuqx's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Half wondering if the contents change with the reader. Some of this was too specific!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Gore

dearlysia's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

i love you, bunny

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Violence

Minor: Death of parent and Eating disorder