Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

47 reviews

ahale95's review against another edition

dark funny reflective

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Excrement, Blood, Body horror, and Death

krispiefries's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Physical abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sarahmalopia's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Death, Torture, Gore, Violence, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Animal death, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Excrement, Fatphobia, and Abortion

scarletkeiller's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

a truly nauseating read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Drug use, Excrement, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Rape, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Torture, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Body horror, Cursing, Abortion, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Animal death, Classism, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

emzella's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Excrement, Infidelity, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual content, Vomit, Violence, Cannibalism, Gore, Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexism, and Sexual assault

phibs's review against another edition

dark funny reflective tense fast-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

Bret Easton Ellis constructs a completely believable world in which characters blindly and vapidly consider their wants first, regardless of circumstance. Characters are made interchangeable, all entirely selfish, two-dimensional yuppies in a grim satire of 1980s Wall Street consumerism. 

Although Ellis manages to deftly weave grim comedy throughout, his postmodernist critique remains explicitly crude and vile, leading the reader to question how necessary Ellis’ innumerable graphic depictions of wanton violence against women were to the narrative at large. 

Director Mary Harron certainly cherrypicks the best of Ellis’ novel to adapt for cinema, leaving the novel little more than a compendium of desensitised butchery and $300 ceviches.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Child death, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Drug use, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Sexual violence, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Antisemitism, Blood, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Classism, Violence, Excrement, Gore, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, and Vomit

brennahinshaw's review against another edition

dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Gore, Rape, Racial slurs, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Sexual assault, Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Transphobia, Antisemitism, Ableism, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pregnancy, Dementia, and Abortion

milenski's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Torture, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Antisemitism, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, and Animal death

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Classism, Murder, Racism, Sexual violence, Addiction, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Xenophobia, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, and War

Minor: Dementia, Genocide, and Death of parent

sissiisreading's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Excrement, Gaslighting, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Sexual assault, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual content