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American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

23 reviews

issyd23's review against another edition

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

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

orange_flower's review against another edition

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

Minor: Abortion

sheryl_reads's review

American Psycho is my first DNF of the year! I gave it a chance (got to just over 200 pages of my 400 page copy) and realised I wasn’t even paying attention anymore. 

I appreciate the social commentary Bret Easton Ellis is going for, but I don’t need what felt like 200 pages of an upmarket Argos catalogue in my life. Every description was full of brand names, designers etc. And the ‘story’ seemed to consist of the protagonist having dinner/drinks with people almost as vapid and despicable as him. 

It’s clearly meant to be a critique of the ‘yuppie’ culture - where you have to say the right things, wear the right clothes, be seen in the right places with the right people. But I got that in less than 50 pages. The rest just felt like it was bashing me over the head. Halfway thru the book and all I’d got were small snippets hinting at the mental state of Bateman. 

I think this book is like marmite - a lot of people will love it, but in my opinion, the hours I spent reading it are hours I’ll never get back! 

I should also point out that some of the language, behaviour and themes in the book could be incredibly triggering. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry