Reviews tagging Transphobia

American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis

14 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

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

sierrabedwell's review

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

2.5

This book was disgusting and filled with gore. I honestly was not prepared for the amount of gore that was given. I was disappointed at the plot. It was not interesting at all, and was just a horrible person murdering people. Why would I want to read that? Toward the end, the author was alluding to the fact that the main character may have been hallucinating the entire time and never actually murdered anyone? And also switched from 1st to 3rd person point of view during an episode. That could have been a metaphor for his dissociation. Overall, I do not recommend, and it was a waste of my time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Racism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, Child death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Blood, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Vomit, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

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

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

issyd23's review

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

4.5

Great book. I want to read Paul Owen’s novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Transphobia, Alcoholism, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Torture, and Vomit

Literally everything in this book is cause for a trigger warming imo

prockmatt's review

dark emotional 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

2.0

This book is vile and hard to read but there’s definitely something in it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Violence, Xenophobia, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Alcohol, Death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Classism, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

nadiapho's review

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Classism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Islamophobia, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Death, Violence, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

eurydice_books_09's review

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

3.5

American Psycho is my favorite movie so obviously I liked this book, but it was a little bit traumatizing haha. Boring lot’s of times but the murder scenes are very descriptive and nothing that I’ve ever seen before so I did like that a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Vomit, Ableism, Alcohol, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Child death, Death, Body shaming, Hate crime, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Animal death, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

leah_hope'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

5.0

this was one of the worst yet the best books i've ever read. bret easton ellis understood the assignment.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Murder, Gore, Child death, Death, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Antisemitism, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Classism

Minor: Transphobia