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Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian

17 reviews

gpmuli100's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mandriol's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

To describe the book in one word - unique. It’s a hard book to explain. The writing style of this book was so compelling and one of a kind. It did have grotesque descriptions of events that almost made me put down the book. However, these events were inline with the plot and characters unlike other books who chose to be graphically morbid for no reason. It had a complex plot that was hard to predict. I don’t think it had the most satisfying ending but the ending almost fit perfectly to the style of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual harassment

awebofstories's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

vangoghhome's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

whatzoreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Fire/Fire injury

britnic's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore, Torture, and Cannibalism

bookbrig's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I'm not sure why I originally put this on hold, but I highly recommend the audiobook if you can get it. The reader is fantastic, and there are a couple songs in the story that are accompanied by music and are quite lovely to listen to. This is a gritty magical western with a roadtrip adventure feel, and I loved the characters and the slowly twisting journey. It's gory and occasionally kind of gross, but for all the darkness it didn't get too horrifying for me.  And there's a core of kindness and sweetness to some of the characters that offsets all the evil. 

The ending didn't quite stick the landing for me, because after all the build-up I felt like it unspooled too quickly, leaving me wanting a little something more. But I'd still recommend it. I think I'll booktalk this one for teens who enjoy Stephen King, though I'd likely go with readers in high school or older.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Racism, Suicide, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Torture, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity and Slavery

karenleagermain's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Red Rabbit grabbed me and didn't let go. I seriously could not put this book down or stop talking about it to anyone who would listen. 

It's intense, graphic, bloody, and shocking. A western-horror that follows an unlikely group of strangers who hit the trail for different reasons. I can't quite make a complete parallel, but many portions of the story reminded me of The Wizard of Oz- with a ton of blood! 

The horror elements were truly disturbing. Grecian does an excellent job at writing a sense of foreboding that kept me anxious, needing to know if the characters were going to be okay. 

I really enjoyed how elements of the story were explained. I didn't feel like there were any loose ends and the last chapter was quite lovely and tender. It ended in a way that was soft after all of the violence. 

This is my first book by Grecian and I will seek out his other works. I loved Red Rabbit! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Murder

This is very much a horror book and it was about as graphic and intense as I have ever read. I love horror, so this wasn't a problem, but if you are not a fan of the genre, you might find it disturbing.

lukewarm_ravens's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.75

Read for a class. Not the greatest thing in the world, but I had a heck of a good time. Awesome. Will read again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Sexual harassment

rivercat0338's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, and Colonisation