Reviews tagging Confinement

American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis

6 reviews

readyourbookshelf's review

dark reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Violence, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion and Domestic abuse

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.

lizzy_hatesreading's review

challenging 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

3.0

Hard to read. I give the author credit for his imagination. Book does get a reaction out of you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Take breaks reading this book

ejr1904's review

challenging dark medium-paced

4.75

A grotesque critique of capitalism. 

You either love it or you hate it. It’s vile and unwavering. One of the few books that made my stomach turn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

ebb_and_flow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Cursing, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Grief, Rape, and Toxic friendship

brandyb5050's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The ending totally ruined this for me! 

Trigger warning for absolutely everything! I'm not kidding. If you are sensitive to anything, this is not for you. This is highly graphic in language and how the murders were committed. 

The writing was excellent. Things that should have been boring and having me getting rid of this book (overly describing what people are wearing), I found myself listening with interest. I found it amazing how one moment I would be repulsed by what Bateman was doing and the next I would be laughing out loud. 

Honestly, I don't know if recommend it. If you are able to read violent murders and ok with unsatisfying endings it's all for you. You will definitely get some amazing writing and a flashback to the 80's!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence