Reviews tagging Toxic friendship

American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis

12 reviews

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

sheriffseraph's review

challenging 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Alcohol, Torture, Racial slurs, Death, Sexism, Misogyny, Hate crime, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, Classism, Violence, Blood, Drug use, Cursing, Murder, Gore, Sexual assault, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

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

enigmatics's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Drug use, Torture, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Kidnapping, Gore, Body shaming, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Xenophobia, Racism, and Homophobia

Minor: Antisemitism, Eating disorder, and Cannibalism

Contains scenes of necrophilic nature.

t_c_g_'s review

dark medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

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

orange_flower's review

dark sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion

viole9ta's review

dark funny reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexism, Torture, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death

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