Reviews tagging Hate crime

American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis

89 reviews

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

noor_sidhu'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? Yes

4.0

I would give this book a higher rating. But the sheer disgust and bewilderment this left me in makes me hesitate. It was a really good read though, and dear lord I won’t forget it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Classism, Car accident, Bullying, Body shaming, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Gun violence, Body horror, Alcohol, Rape, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Injury/injury detail, Gaslighting, Vomit, Xenophobia, Murder, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Cursing, Child death, Cannibalism, Antisemitism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Islamophobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Torture, Blood, and Gore

mpedroncelli6's review

challenging dark funny 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

1.0

Okay before I say anything, I would like to say that I understood the point that Ellison was putting across, and the first half WAS indeed funny and well written. Themes of Materialism, consumerism, yuppie culture, etc. showed through very well, but god was this book boring. I feel like I could have read 200 pages of this book and got the same message. It felt like there was no real point to half of the writing, 90% of of what was said was pure shock value. Riddled with racism, sexism, homophobia, this is not a book that I enjoyed. It felt like a pointless and BORING venture into the mind of a psychopath. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Animal cruelty, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Injury/injury detail, Racism, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Rape, and Sexual assault

trentl14's review

challenging dark tense fast-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

Serious trigger warnings for just about everything. Sexual assault, murder, violence, gore, mental manipulation. This is not a book for the feint of heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Drug use, Cannibalism, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/injury detail, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, 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

loggskywalker's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

Totally gruesome & disgusting at times. He liked rambled a lot which is annoying at times. I had to radact a few times because i didnt want to read those parts. But overall good 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Torture

rearic's review

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

cocowangling's review

dark mysterious 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

The fastest i’ve read any book, so disturbing I couldn’t wait for it to be over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, Violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Mental illness, Classism, Death, Kidnapping, Addiction, Murder, Abortion, Child death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, and Domestic abuse

mecmccann's review

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Blood, Body horror, Racism, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Animal death, Cannibalism, Murder, and Racial slurs

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