Reviews tagging Xenophobia

American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis

31 reviews

victor200122's review

challenging dark reflective sad 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

American Psycho was a really interesting reading for me, its unsettling, quite disturbing and not just from the terror point of view, which was hard to read at times, but because of all the social criticism and the dehumanisation of society. This book is super reflexive and metaphorical, although it might seem that Mr. Bateman is the most inhuman person on earth, he's not, he's actually more of a human being than anybody else in his story (in a non conventional way, naturally).

All in all, this book is a raw reflection of a reality, full of consumerism, selfishness, isolation and cruelty. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexism, Murder, Gore, and Homophobia

Moderate: Cannibalism and Sexual content

Minor: Xenophobia

whatsjessreading's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body horror, Child death, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

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

Moderate: Abortion and Car accident

Minor: Incest

noelle1121005's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Body shaming, Classism, Blood, Body horror, Racial slurs, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Gore, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Violence, and Xenophobia

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

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

ashleykarime's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

• 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: Murder, Cannibalism, Rape, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Sexual harassment, Torture, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Hate crime, Islamophobia, and Violence

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.

soljankas's review

challenging dark funny 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

read this as a satire of 80s consumerism, hypercapitalism, wall street bros. i took a long long time to complete this because it was, frankly, disgusting in its lengthy descriptions of bigotry and violence, some of which was the point, some of which seemed gratuitous. if you can stomach that, i’d recommend it, if you’d rather read something shorter and less gross, just watch the movie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Racial slurs, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexism, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

teleportsbehindyou's review

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, War, Abortion, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage , Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia