Reviews tagging Abortion

American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis

26 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

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

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

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

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

ppp's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

3.75

This book is not exactly what I expected but it still delivered. It’s written in first person and everything is narrated from Bateman’s pov so we have an unreliable narrator. I still think the format is on point because we get to see everything from the mind of a psychopath. The descriptions are cold and matter-of-factly and he can be talking about dismembering a young woman the same way he talks about his favorite music. Bateman can go on different tangents and discusses topics in obsessive detail but always with this cold and emotionless tone, no matter what he’s describing. It’s shocking and captivating, and you truly feel like you’re in the mind of a psychopath.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Drug use, Gore, Murder, Racial slurs, and Torture

ccpetrikas's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Cursing, Racism, Racial slurs, Bullying, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Injury/injury detail, Homophobia, Gun violence, Fatphobia, Excrement, Classism, Cannibalism, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, and Abortion

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

chassidysteve'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

4.0

An interesting take and perspective from the dark mind of a white, upper-class, privileged male in the big apple. Disgustingly gory, hilariously out of touch at times, but also really slow and at other times, just boring. If you do not want to be deeply disturbed, I would not recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

sweetsustainableliving's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Abortion, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis