Reviews tagging 'Rape'

American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis

184 reviews

saborders's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

nijntjes's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Torture, and Sexual violence

darwynne's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Disturbing, but necessary. Makes you reflect on real life examples of Patrick Bateman and where they could be (closer than you may think), giving you a very introspective insight into the mind of a psycho in power, made all the more disturbing by others’ lack of care towards the visible red flags throughout the novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Alcohol, Animal death, Antisemitism, Classism, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Xenophobia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Stalking, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Islamophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Body horror, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Torture, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

anthonyk's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

5.0

listen rating this book five stars, owning it, and reading it is an entire shipping container's worth of red flags and I totally understand that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Misogyny, Homophobia, Murder, Child death, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Sexual violence, Death, Animal death, Gore, Sexism, and Torture

Moderate: Cannibalism

niksket's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Hate crime, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, Homophobia, Torture, Sexual assault, Racism, Violence, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Classism, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

readyfordeath151's review against another edition

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

This book was a very hard but rewarding read for me. I loved the social commentary throughout the book, I thought it was done well. Definitely check the content warnings because like I said this is a rough book but overall I had a good experience reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Body horror, Gore, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Homophobia, Rape, Hate crime, Murder, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Antisemitism and Transphobia

aregularweasel's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gore, Violence, Sexual content, Murder, and Cannibalism

outbeet's review against another edition

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

rainntheghost's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Torture, and Gore

Moderate: Racism, Alcohol, Drug use, Rape, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

aliceberg's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.75

Extremely graphic and disturbing scenes in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, Physical abuse, Addiction, Torture, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, and Death