Reviews tagging Ableism

American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis

27 reviews

driftingthroughlife's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

3.5

i don't know what to feel, i don't know, i don't know. at a loss rn. XD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Transphobia, Xenophobia, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Violence, Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Infidelity

kay222's review

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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Hate crime, Murder, Rape, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

jakeaboi's review

challenging dark funny 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

3.75

This book was painful to read, for both good and bad, both intentional and unintentional. The book's depictions of murder are extremely graphic and horrifically realistic. This level of detail is great to represent Bateman's violent outbursts. However, this same level of detail can also get pretty annoying when it comes to descriptions of clothing and music. Bateman's ramblings about these things are supposed to show his comedic, intense obsessions, and to juxtapose these against the graphic killings. But, they end up getting stale and rather annoying to read as the book goes on. For the most part, the book was an entertaining, gruesome, and fascinating look into the mind of a serial killer. But, don't expect the book to cut out the unnecessary, minute details about Patrick's life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Addiction, Excrement, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Child death, Religious bigotry, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, and Sexism

Moderate: Car accident and Abortion

Minor: Incest

seanamcphie's review

challenging dark funny 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Gun violence, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion, Ableism, and Eating disorder

weirdodari's review

dark mysterious sad 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

4.5

I think the very first line of this novel “Abandon all hope ye who enter here” perfectly describes what you’re about to experience in this story. It truly feels like every page is one step deeper into hell. But it’s absolutely brilliant. A twisted, dark, hellish story that I think will reward anyone brave enough to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual violence, Ableism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Vomit, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

janset's review

challenging tense medium-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

This is the most graphic book have ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Bullying, Drug use, Fatphobia, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Ableism, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Ableism, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

mintymintyminty's review against another edition

THIS GUY STINKS!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Torture, Fatphobia, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Ableism, Antisemitism, Classism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Racism, and Sexual assault

virgohorror's review

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense slow-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

5.0

perhaps the most stomach-churning gore i’ve ever read, all in the service of some of the best and most biting satire of capitalist excess in literature. patrick bateman is a psycho only america could produce, and this book is a goddamn classic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Drug use, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Classism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Animal death, and Xenophobia

there is….. so much to trigger warm for in this book. there is nastiness of every kind on nearly every page. if you can think of something gross, patrick bateman has probably done it.

jailynxpaige's review

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

4.0

I pretty much added all the content warnings that were available

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Torture

itszosia's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Sexism, Mental illness, Injury/injury detail, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Cursing, Ableism, Violence, Rape, Racial slurs, Islamophobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Gore, Drug use, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Vomit, Transphobia, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Torture, Stalking, Sexual violence, Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Body shaming, and Antisemitism

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty